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need help with my old yeasu ft-817

 

is there someone outhere who i could send my radio to so i can have it repaired? as i had it hooked up to a 2 meter amp and something wierd happened and it was backfeed with rf somehow and burned something up somewhere so i need my radio repaired? thanks, jerry w5kaw
 

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Yes Jerry I use a great guy in South Dakota. He worked on my 817, Kenwood 2000, and Kenwood 450SAT. He does not take credit cards but the best thing is he will not charge you until you get the radio. Tell me some one else that will do that??!!

Midwest Tech Services Tim Moes 605 881 2935

E-mail tcmmoes@...

Check his website midwest-technical.com

Great guy.

Good luck Dave

On 3/27/2025 5:15 PM, jerry buchanan via groups.io wrote:

is there someone outhere who i could send my radio to so i can have it repaired? as i had it hooked up to a 2 meter amp and something wierd happened and it was backfeed with rf somehow and burned something up somewhere so i need my radio repaired? thanks, jerry w5kaw
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Thanks Dave NU4N
dwtucker19@...
 

Hi, when does not found an repair person, I have an address in Switzerland,
Write me when you not found an repair center in our city.
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Vy 73 de Martin HB3YDM
 

I sent mine to Yaesu in California.? Very happy with the repair and I thought the cost was very fair.
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Rob
VE3RXH
 

I'm curious what they did and what they charged. I sent an FT857D to Yaesu in California for repair a year ago. They told me they would need to replace the main board and it would cost over $650. This was more than I had paid for the radio. It gave me a clue, though, about where the trouble was. I had the radio returned to me.

What had happened was that I was operating portable on 50 MHz in a contest one day and saw some smoke come from the radio and it stopped transmitting. I had been looking for problems on the PA board, not the main board. After I got the radio back, I found a transistor on the main board that was burnt. I was able to order a replacement part from RF Parts and replace it for $5. It has been working ever since. I was surprised they didn't do that repair themselves.

Zack W9SZ


On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 7:30?AM Rob VE3RXH via <rjhaddow=[email protected]> wrote:
I sent mine to Yaesu in California.? Very happy with the repair and I thought the cost was very fair.
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Rob
VE3RXH
 

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Rob I have a guy that does a great job on my radios. Had him work on my 817,Kenwood 200, Kenwood 450SAT.

His name is Tim Moes in South Dakota.

? E-mail is tommoes@....

He does not accept bank cards. He is real reasonable. He does not charge you until you get your radio back.

Dave

On 3/28/2025 7:30 AM, Rob VE3RXH via groups.io wrote:
I sent mine to Yaesu in California.? Very happy with the repair and I thought the cost was very fair.
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Rob
VE3RXH
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Thanks Dave NU4N
dwtucker19@...
 

Didn't Yaesu announce they would no longer repair original (non-ND) FT-817 radios?
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Sending their FT-817 to Yaesu may not be an option for OP, depending on his specific radio...
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Ken, N2VIP
 

How many hours did you spend resolving that issue?
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Yaesu charges $90/hr to repair Amateur Radios, and component-level repairs for a radio may not be cost-effective. They have to balance effort, cost, and time - with limited repair techs (they have been hiring techs for a while now), they may not be inclined to invest a few hours to identify a failed transistor when they could possibly repair a couple radios for other customers in the same time period.
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If I remember correctly, Yaesu diagnoses the problem for free, providing the owner with an estimate of cost. Short of investing an hour or two to diagnosing the issue, then putting it aside awaiting your approval doesn't make sense (for Yaesu). If you refuse the repair, they have to eat the time invested in diagnosing the problem.
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I sent Yaesu an FT-8800 that was given to me in a state that wouldn't power-up. They quoted me $395 for new main board, and when I declined, they returned the radio for free. An EE friend took the radio on as a project, he invested a couple hours before declaring it dead.
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Ken, N2VIP
 

mine is the non nd model but you know i liked it and used it more than the nd model i used to have! jerry w5kaw

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