[1000mp] VRF Feature on the Mk.V Field

[Brian Smithson]

I hate to say RTFM, but the diagram at the bottom of page 44 in the manual says "Note: VRF only works on the 160-20m bands"

Still pretty useful though

-Brian n8wrl 

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> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:41 PM
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> Subject: [1000mp] VRF Feature on the Mk.V Field
> 
> I'm still learning the ropes with my new FT-1000 Mk-V Field 
> but it does have one puzzling quirk. The VRF function has 
> been intermittent, that is, sometimes it works and sometimes 
> it doesn't, Currently, it will not work on any band above 20 meters.
> What happens on 17 meters and up is that the VRF light will 
> not come on when I press the button on the Shuttle Jog and 
> the function will not work. I have tried every combination to 
> see whether there are any exceptions to this and there don't 
> seem to be any, i.e., it won't work on USB, LSB, CW, etc. Nor 
> does it matter whether the frequency is arrived at from 
> memory, direct entry, whatever.
> This does not appear to be mechanical or electrical since the 
> function works perfectly on 20 meters and down. (VRF doesn't 
> work on General Coverage frequencies but this may be the 
> design). This has happened before and, I believe, went away 
> but I didn't take careful notes.
> Does anyone have any thoughts?
> Bryan
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