I am a bit nervous,first time posting stuff here,I recently obtained a Yaesu
FT-980 with power out issues.I hooked it up at home, and decided to check
all the controls,of which some of them had loosened, my guess is vibration
from a cross country move via UPS.I took it apart,fixed the cold solder
joints some of these rigs have,it still had no power out.OK,I checked the
controls further and found the problem-For some reason, Yaesu decided to use
a washer with a soler lug on it and trusted the setup, it seems if the MODE
switch becomes loose,it makes ALL the voltages read weird,solution was to
just tighten the nut on it ! I am thinking about maybe moddding it with
perhaps a jumper wire to make sure it does not happen again:) I know they
are old gear,but they sure work well for me:)If you get one with
problems,and it is cheap enough,I would reccommend it as a good project for
Winter:) I apologize for being so wordy,but being disabled,sometimes need
to,as it makes thing easier to explain,I sure am thankful for this
group,read it every morning:) OK &# to all, Thanks for putting solutions as
well as problems for us to solve or use !:)
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