[-] Re: [1000mp] Help Troubleshooting FT-1000MP

[Paul Playford]

Good show!

de Paul, W8AEF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <wa0kds at yahoo.com>
To: <wa0kds at yahoo.com>; "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: [-] Re: [1000mp] Help Troubleshooting FT-1000MP


>I found a bad transistor on the Local PCB which shut down VCO 1 - 4.     
> I checked it over for bad solder joints but all I found were very nicely 
> solder connections.  The way it failed I figured it was a part failure.  
> The part which was a surfaced mounted part go replaced with a 2N3904 
> which is a heavier duty part all the way around so figure that problem 
> is gone forever. 
> 
> Thanks to the couple of people that responded.
> 
> Ron   WA0KDS
>