[RTTY] help, FT1000mp

[Jerry Pixton]

Any FT1000mp owners out there that may have seen this problem.

During the cqww dx last weekend, early Saturday morning when I was not 
really awake, the FT1000mp started resetting its VFOs to the band edge (and 
changing other settings like monitor to OFF) each time I hit PTT. After 
several times of this, I had to turn the radio off and do the rest of the 
contest as SO1R.

I thought about it Monday morning and removed the rig to replace the 3 volt 
battery that keeps the VFO memories alive. The rig came back up and seemed 
to work for a few days. But Friday, while I was listening for DX, it reset 
itself without any PTT on my part. Then after getting back on the right 
frequency, I keyed the rig (MUX) to adjust the antenna tuner in the linear 
and when I unkeyed the rig, the radio shut off totally.

I can not do anything to get the radio to turn back on. It is running on 
external DC power. The AC fuse is ok but I am not using that power source. 
I do have DC on the molex power plug.

I am afraid that I must ship the radio back to Yaesu (for the fourth time!)

Any ideas to try before I do that????

Jerry, W6IHG
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Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs
http://www.pixos.com/designs/RadioTuner/
jpixton at shentel.net
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