[1000mp] re. 1000mp lost power

[Steve]

For those that asked:
      -My radio is out of warranty (about 2 months).
      -Yaesu charged me $550.99 plus shipping.
      -Parts cost $375.99, labor $175.00.
      -The most expensive parts were the FET's at $187.23 each.
      -I sent the radio to Yaesu instead of repairing it myself
       because I wanted all current updates installed.
      -I'm sure there are several shops that could have done the
       repair but, as I said, I wanted to be sure to get all
       current updates.
 Now a question for the group. Does anyone know what the ATU
and PA modifications address. I couldn't find out much from the
customer service desk.
Steve .. AI7W

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  out of curiosity, why wasn't the repair covered by warranty, and /or
what WAS the cost? (if its not to personal)
wd8aam

>	I got my 1000MP-MkV back from the Yaesu/Vertex repair center. The price
tag
>was a real shock.
>	They replaced both power FETs (Q6304, Q6305) and a couple of diodes in the
>RF unit (D1005, D1006). I gather from a discussion with the customer
service
>guy that the failure was cause by the ATU. I couldn't get anymore
>information than  that.
>	They also installed three modifications: one to the ATU (associated with
>the failure, I assume), one to the VRF/Memory Channel selector, and one to
>the PA unit (to prevent over temperature failures).
>	I'm glad to have the modifications installed, but if this ever happens
>again, I'm going to repair it myself. Being without my radio for 3 weeks is
>just too painful and Yaesu is too expensive.
>Steve..AI7W