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Hi,
What annoys me is that Yaesu voids your warranty if you modify
the radio in any way, including the green wire modification.
Yaesu should have designed the radio for either alkaline or
rechargeable battery use.

Just my 2 cents.

Keith

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Hi!

What annoys me is that Yaesu voids your warranty if you modify
the radio in any way, including the green wire modification.

Let's examine that, from the manufacturer's perspective. If Yaesu
(or Icom, Kenwood, Alinco, etc.) didn't use restrictive conditions
in their warranties, they all might be on the hook for repairs
caused by so many possibilities that the 817 would not retail in
the mid-$700 range here in the USA. I believe that this is
something manufacturers have had in their warranties for many many
years (excluding most MFJ items and their "No Matter What"
warranty, or some of the kit manufacturers or distributors), and
some have enforced this more closely than others. I know of some
friends who had done mods to VHF HTs, then had to send them in for
a repair. When the radio came back, repaired under warranty, the
mod wasn't there. But that was in the early 90s, when you could
only dream of a 5-watt 2m HT under the US$ 300 mark - and now that
price range is good enough for the 4-band IC-T81A among many other
dual-band and 3-band radios.

Is it annoying? Perhaps. It's possible that with the price-cutting
done throughout the supply chain (from Japan to the stores), the
profit margins needed to support a service structure that could be
more forgiving just isn't there anymore. Makes a nice case for a
company like Elecraft (not an employee, or even a customer, just
an observation), where you can have direct contact with the radio
designers, and they with other owners are willing to help you out
if something goes wrong.

Yaesu should have designed the radio for either alkaline or
rechargeable battery use.

The *radio* was designed to work with alkaline or rechargeable
batteries, the AA tray was intentionally designed not to allow
recharging. As Inspector Callahan asked, "do you feel lucky?"
(regarding making modifications to the 817's AA tray, or the radio
itself) If you do, mod away and have fun. Many others have done
so, without worrying (much) about the warranty. My AA tray is
still intact, except for the cheap-o springs being compressed
after only 2 months or so using the radio, and the Maha pack now
lives inside my 817. After the $$$ I have put into this little
radio (817, CW filter, TCXO, Maha NiMH pack, soft case, ATX
Walkabout and Maldol whip antennas, DTMF mic) I'm in no hurry to
mess up the radio. Pres said it accurately with his message on
this thread earlier. There are other things I can experiment
with - antennas, external power sources, etc. - where I am happy
to keep the radio as is (except for installing the CW filter and
TCXO).

Just my opinion.........


Patrick WD9EWK/7 at work in Phoenix AZ (but not for long....)

They did. You can easily use alkaline batteries or the Yaesu
rechargeable batteries. I use both.

Ed Woodrick

I sent my 817 to Yaesu with the green wire mod and they fixed it with no
questions asked. I had carefully removed the green wire and pin from the
connector and covered it with heat shrink. I suppose if the wire was cut
it would have attracted more attention.

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That's a CYA situation. In truth, most manufacturers will honor the
warranty on a modified radio provided the mod didn't cause its problem and
is not likely to cause one in the future. The one glaring exception (and
there well could be others) used to be Collins Radio. When you sent them
one for even the most minor repair, they would not return it to you until it
met new gear specifications (without ANY mods) and that was typically a
multi-hundred-dollar tab.

73... Ed, W5EJ