[Yaesu] FT-1000MP MKV broken while RTTY transmission

[Bill Gillenwater]

Hello Jacek,

Are you certain that transmit is lost, have you tried to transmit in 
other modes. Sometimes the Microham hookup with virtual ports will drop 
RTTY transmit. Maybe a call to Josef?

73 Bill K3SV


Jacek Janusz wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> This is my first posting to this group - I have sent the same question
> to the rtty list, but since the problem concerns the Yaesu rig, I send
> my questions here, too.
>
> I've got namely a problem with cooperation of my modem and the rig. I've got
> the DigiKeyer modem from Microham and I wanted to use it with FT-1000 MP MK-V
> transceiver. I've installed the software and connected the modem
> correctly to computer and transceiver, accordingly to the instruction.
> Everything was done succesfully. Before this I've connected all hardware
> elements like modem, computer, power supply, transceiver with a cables
> to a common ground place. Additionally I've added a ferrite rings to
> the computer cables like keyboard, mouse, USB cable. I've started the
> MMTTY software, configured correctly, I was able to receive the
> signal. I set the output power to 50% of maximal, i.e. about 100
> watts. When I tried to transmit the signal, it took about 20-30
> seconds and then suddenly the transceiver has switched self off. Then
> there was no more possiblility to turn it on since there is a short circuit
> inside the transceiver and probably the power amplifier transistors are broken.
> Before I've done this RTTY QSO that finished with crashed trx, I've
> done many CW and SSB QSOs and everything worked correctly. Is this
> possible that the modem (my model exactly) is internally not isolated between trx
> and computer and it made this failure, or there is something other wrong
> with the modem? Or maybe the Yaesu rig got something not aligned
> inside and it made this problem? What can be the reason of this issue?
>
> Anyway, I am going to do the repair myself since I am almost 100%
> sure that the output transistors are broken. Do you have any possible
> suggestions for this repair? Practical advises etc?
>
>
> 73!
> Jacek, SP9NWB
>
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