[1000mp] FT-1000MP back ground hiss. CW Cap Mod--LONG!

Thu, 2 May 2002 20:11:58 -0000

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customers. This is not unusual when dealing with customer service, and not
just with Yaesu or other radio companies.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of bill thomas
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 17:07
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [1000mp] FT-1000MP back ground hiss. CW Cap Mod--LONG!
>
>
> Hi Garry,
>
> My MP does the exact same thing.  It does it only in CW when the
> DSP is on.
> Yaesu, "Never heard of it."  That was about 2 years ago.

I have never noticed whether this problem appears only when DSP is on, since
I tend to use DSP a lot. That is an interesting input, and I will try to
confirm it here.
>
>
> >The most annoying thing to me now is the occasional loss of RX gain I
> >experience when transitioning from TX to RX. I first noticed it
> when using
> >my radio at 3B9R. It was most noticeable on CW, due to the
> higher number of
> >RX/TX/RX transitions. In every case, the next cycle restores
> normality, but
> >the problem recurs after anywhere from 10 to 100 or more cycles, more or
> >less. In other words, it is intermittent. It may also occur after
> >bandchanges. This can be pretty distracting in a tough pileup.
> >
> >I sent my radio to Yaesu when it was still under warranty. Despite a
> >
> >again. Yaesu said they were unaware of this problem in any other
> radio, but
> >several participants in this reflector have piped up that they experience
> >the same problem.
>
>
> Yes, my DSP has been doing the same thing as of late.  Sometimes
> the RX and
> TX drop out all together, but only in DSP.  It might be the
> 66.666 crystal
> on the DSP board.  I have one on the way.  ( I ordered the part 3 weeks
> ago.)
>
>
> >The sixth irritant is that, occasionally, the DSP goes nuts. It seems to
> >occur most readily with the outer DSP knob--the noise contour---full CW.
> >The
> >radio must be power-cycled to get rid of it. Ditto a motorboating lockup
> >that occurs occasionally when turning the MEM/VFO knob--it must not be
> >completely debounced. I guess that is number seven. The saving
> grace with 6
> >and 7 is that they occur infrequently.
> >
>
Please let me know if the crystal replacement helps!
>
>
> Bill Thomas [email protected]
>
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