[1000mp] Key Clicks Solution?

Sat, 31 Jan 2004 07:15:33 -0800 (PST)

The Mod really is not that bad the hard part is getting out the RF
Board to put the cap on the bottom of it.

I did a modified Inrad Key Click Mod on my FT01000 Mark-V Field.

Put the .1 mf cap on the RF Board, but instead of Paralleling the .047
with another .047 on the IF board I just removed the .047 and put a .1
mf parallel with a 100 k on the IF Board.

Before the mod the rise was about 3ms and the fall about 1, After the
mod the rise is about 4 and the fall is about 3 still not the
recommended 5ms from the ARRL Handbook but better.

I may go back in and Tweak the value of the resistor to see if I can
get it to 5ms.

I have Before and After Scope Pics if you would like to see.

While I was in there I also did the NB mod.

To remove the Old part just grab it with a needle nose pliers and twist
is as you desolder it.

Good Luck.

PS: Half the fun of ham radio is Modding and Customizing your
equiptment, with out that it might as well just be CB with CW.

--- Winston Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> I also have a new Mark V.  Shouldn't I be able to hear these key
> clicks on
> my sidetone monitor if sidetone it is a product of a receive circuit,
> because I do not.  I am also not getting any negative reports on the
> air.
> I have no equipment that will let me look at the wave form. I am not
> really
> thrilled about lifting a surface mount resister and soldering to the
> board
> while under warranty.
> 
> Win/W0LZ
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Tippett" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 6:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [1000mp] Key Clicks Solution?
> 
> 
> > W7IS wrote:
> >  >Does anyone know if Yaesu is going to come out with factory fixes
> for
> > both the key click and the NB problems?
> >
> >          "Clicks?...what clicks?  IF hiss?...what IF hiss?  NB
> > problems?...what NB problems?"
> > As a former MP owner and 7 years of the above nonsense, this is why
> I am
> > now a very happy
> > Orion owner.  The difference in customer responsiveness between
> these two
> > companies is
> > truly mind-boggling.
> >
> >                                                  73,  Bill  W4ZV
> >
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Harry - AB2PN

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