[1000mp] EMERGENCY! FT1000MP WON'T TRANSMIT

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Bob,

You mention that you had the station broken down (disconnected). And, you also mention, "no audio." Seems to point to not having the antenna connected. I had one similar failure early on in a late model FT-1000MP after having moved the radio on and off line several times. Seems Yaesu used solid wire on the feed from the little antenna switching board up to the two coax connectors on the back of the radio. One of then (to the "A" antenna connector, as I recall) had broken away from the circuit board. I replaced both lines to the connectors with stranded wire (shield wire from some RG-58) and never again had a problem. Look at your lines there and be sure that even if the lines appear unbroken that it is not a problem with the foil on the little circuit board.

This is an easy fix -- took me only a few minutes and the problem has never returned.

Hope this helps.

73,

- Bill, WA9MXQ


"Robert Shohet" <kq2m@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>Just put the station back together for WPXSSB and I noticed that Radio 1
>WILL NOT transmit!
>
>It will not transmit on cw, ssb, rtty and the DVP plays but no audio on the
>radio.
>
>I have tried with and without the footswitch, paddle, keyer, etc. and
>nothing works.
>
>I have done a CPU master reset TWICE to no avail.
>
>The radio worked fine in ARRLSSB then it was shutoff and not reconnected
>until today. The radio was completely disconnected from everything in
>between contests.
>
>This must be a simple thing but I have no idea what to try next.  Any ideas?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Bob KQ2M
>
>
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