Re: Yaesu FC20
Hi if you used a Bird through line, make sure the element power is low i.e. 50 Watts when using on reflected, as most SWR meters have a more sensitive scale on reflected! The Bird is the same scale in
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Andrew Lenton
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Re: Yaesu FC20
Hi Spence, A good site to find manuals etc. for Yaesu is either the main Yaesu site, or the FoxTango.org ( http://foxtango.org/foxtango001.htm ) site.? On the FT site, look at the right side of the
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Russ N4MAV <n4mav1@...>
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Re: Yaesu FC20
Hi Andrew, the information is spot on and I really appreciate it. Just waiting for a callback or email from Yaesu UK. They¡¯re pretty good chaps there so normally turn things around quickly. As soon
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Spence G5STO
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Re: Yaesu FC20
This may help, I have not found set up instructions yet BR Andrew
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Andrew Lenton
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Re: A snap of the user manual
Hi This is a standard circuit, once you have replace all the burnt track and components, now set the power to 10 Watts, and transmit via an SWR meter into TH FC-20 then into a dummy load on 14.125
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Andrew Lenton
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A snap of the user manual
Following on from my email and see that VF and VR go to the MCU De Spence M0STO Sent while portable! please excuse typos.
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Spence G5STO
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Yaesu FC20
Hi, a strange question. I had been given an FC20 many years ago by a ham now sadly SK and it seems to have had a mini melt down. Inside near the control port there¡¯s a sensing inductor and the
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Spence G5STO
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CatRadio - Radio Control Software
#software
CatRadio is the new free software to control rig via PC. It uses the Hamlib libraries and supports many models and functions. Please download here https://www.pianetaradio.it/blog/catradio/ and
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Johnny IZ8EWD
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Re: CAT - Control - Yet another post
Is your 847 one of the early ones, without the bi-directional serial capability? That's why the UNI was created. The symptoms suggest yours is an early model. There's a decoder table somewhere that
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Greg D
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Re: CAT - Control - Yet another post
I've been running JTDX with JTAlert and OMlog for so long that I can't recall whether Omnirig is used at all here, certainly not loaded as a seperate item. Attached is a screen capture of my JTDX
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Ian <ian@...>
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Re: CAT - Control - Yet another post
I have been having trouble with CAT control as well, trying to use WSJT-X as well as JTDX. There are 2 selections within OmniRig that I can use - FT847 and FT847 (UNI) which I believe would stand for
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Micky Corrow
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Re: 60 Meter Transmit Mod Info Wanted
Thank you, Wayne!
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AE1MS Mark
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No TX on AM, SSB, on All Bands FM works fine
I wonder if any one can help me, my FT847 stopped transmitting on LSB, USB and AM, FM is fine with Full 100 Watts on HF and 50 Watts on VHF. I traced the audio going in and it gets to Q1043 at TP
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Andrew Lenton
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Re: 60 Meter Transmit Mod Info Wanted
right from the files section /g/YaesuFT847/files/FT-847%20Mods/FT-847%20mods.pdf even in that document there is conflicting information the instructions direct from Yaesu were created
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k9wkj
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Re: 60 Meter Transmit Mod Info Wanted
Thank you for your reply. Do you have the specifics on how to make the mod? I've seen a couple of mods showing shorting solder pads, but there was inconsistency in which did what. I only want to open
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AE1MS Mark
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Re: FT847 FAN replacement ...
http://www.hampedia.net/yaesu/ft-847-help-with-a-noisy-fan.php https://www.transmission1.net/viewtopic.php?t=20909 Try these for a start Ravi/M0RVI -- I'm here to add more value to the world than I'm
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Ravi Miranda
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Re: FT847 FAN replacement ...
Hi Greg, there are two fans in the 847. The one on the rear panel runs continuously. The larger internal fan only becomes active in TX. Neither of them have any form of temperature control. Most of
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Andy Bosworth
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Re: FT847 FAN replacement ...
As for my FT-847, I put a resistor in series with both fans to quiet them down. About 50 ohms if I remember right. Never had a problem and it's much quieter. There was a discussion on the group about
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Richard AG5M
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Re: FT847 FAN replacement ...
Is the fan itself making an unusual noise, or is it just on full-speed? It should come on at low speed (fairly quiet) whenever the radio is on. The fan in my 767GX is stuck on full (and noisy as a
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Greg D
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Re: FT847 FAN replacement ...
I have fans in my collection of spare parts. This is of no use to you at all, because I am in UK, and you could be in Outer Mongolia for all I know. "Frank" does not give a clue to your location. Take
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Andy Bosworth
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