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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 94 04:30:22 PDT
From: Ham-Equip Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-equip@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #311
To: Ham-Equip
Ham-Equip Digest Thu, 1 Sep 94 Volume 94 : Issue 311
Today's Topics:
[Q] Yaesu FT-530
Ham-Equip Digest V94 #310
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 04:36:14 GMT
From: vigra.com!news.vigra.com!steve@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: [Q] Yaesu FT-530
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
-=> On 31 Aug 1994 14:04:05 GMT, miltf@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Milt Forsberg) said:
> The green wire is the correct one. Recent production of the 530 has
> a green wire on the pads to make it easier to modify. It is best to
> tape the ends to the paper to keep them from creeping into a pad or
> the case and shorting to something.
Good idea! Bare ends poking about could be nasty. I desoldered the
wire altogether just because I had the iron hot. :-)
> It appears that production batch 25 and later have this wire.
> (Batch is digits 3 and 4 on your serial number).
> One important item not mentioned in any literature is that the reset
> must be performed twice, not once for the out of band operation to
> take effect. I am not sure if it needs to be in rapid succession or
> not. I have usually just kept resetting until it works. Don't try
> to remove any batteries!
Hmm.. I've found that it seems to act like a toggle. Once the
hardware mod has been made, it seems to toggle the extended range with
each reset. That might explain why some folks didn't need a reset and
others did.
Of course, I'm certainly not going to reset my radio a few times to
verify this. :)
-Steve
Steve Haehnichen Vigra, Inc. San Diego, CA
steve@vigra.com (619) 597-7080 x116 Fax: (619) 597-7094
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Date: 1 Sep 94 06:23:30 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #310
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Anyone one know a good source for XTALS? Have a GENERAL ELECTRIC MVP radio and
would appreciate the help... I've tried other XTAL company's in the past and
ran into some "drift" problems with them, on different pieces of gear.
Thanks in advance.
David / N6QDY
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Date: 31 Aug 1994 09:22:23 -0700
From: nntp.crl.com!crl5.crl.com!not-for-mail@decwrl.dec.com
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
References <93.3127.7583.0NFB2E02@woodybbs.com>, <33qv2r$hmn@snoopy.jh.org>, <33vj7u$f9k@server.btg.com>
Subject : Re: [Q] Yaesu FT-530
: Green wire? What green wire? Pads 13 should have been shorted by a blob
: of solder, not wire unless Yaesu has changed things VERY recently. The
: pads are separately by only about 1/2-mm.
: Suggest you reconnect that little green wire and make sure the instructions
: you have are for mod'ing the FT-530 and not some other radio. Of all the
: 530 mods that I have read, I don't believe any mentioned a green wire.
My FT-530 had the green wire loop and I purchased it 5/21/94.
Around the time I purchased it, there were a bunch of posts on the net
reguarding this subject. I guess Yaesu decided to make the mod a little
easier.
Rob KE6JDH
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