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I work mostly cw and Saturday my sidetone quit. However tonite while working 17 I noticed if I press the headphones against my ear I can hear it real faint.

Now and this really ticks me off, I just listened on 6m its open, grabbed the mic and nada. I had it set on usb, nothing has been changed. Key the mic I get the PO but no bars. A real quick check, yep, it works on cw, seems to work on fm and am, but nada on ssb.

Tried a full reset, and no dice again. Anyone have these problems?

Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota

Well, nobody offered any ideas to my post, so I'll ask is there anyone around that repairs 817's cheap? I had to rake and scape to get the money for this radio a month ago, so the kitty is broke. Anyone??

Jerry - NR5A

--- In FT817@..., "Jerry Felts" <nr5a@r...> wrote:

Well, nobody offered any ideas to my post, so I'll ask is there

anyone around that repairs 817's cheap? I had to rake and scape to get
the money for this radio a month ago, so the kitty is broke. Anyone??

Jerry,

As a last ditch effort, try taking off the covers to your 817 and
carefully inspect all of the ribbon cable , and jumpers on the
main board. Perhaps something came loose ?

If the above doesnt help, then be prepared to send it off to Yaesu
for repairs when you can. I wouldn't think there are any Cheap
817 repair folks out there since the radio is all surface mount.
Troubleshooting it would require a bench filled with test gear worth
many times more than the radio itself. Perhaps there is a shop with
ex-Yaesu techs that will repair it for you? Try doing a web search!
Just remember that you get what you pay for. A local ham friend
used one of those independent "cheap" type shops and ended spending
hundreds on a rig that still refuses to work.
He bought the Yaesu rig used and discovered that it had problems.
What a mess... eh?


Good luck, and hope you might be able to find a loose connector
that will return your rig back to normal.

73,

Ken WB6MLC