[1000mp] Key click mod to 1000MP Mk V Field

[Mike Brown]

Mike, I remember hearing late 2004, but don't recall hearing any serial 
number. I bought mine new in October '05, so I'm hoping it's ok. Medical 
problems have kept me from doing much operating.

73, Mike K9MI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike and Alicia Fanning" <fanning at hiwaay.net>
To: <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 01 10
Subject: [1000mp] Key click mod to 1000MP Mk V Field


> Can anyone tell me a definite month in 2004 that Yaesu began installing 
> the
> key click modification at the factory?  I have just bought a Field with
> serial number beginning with 4G210 (May 2004) and I don't see any signs of
> the mod on the IF board.  The RF board has a dead bug 1 uF cap soldered on
> the backside, but nowhere in the vicinity of C1004 (the component called 
> out
> in the INRAD key click modification).  I have been told that May 2004 was
> the magic month, but I don't know exactly what to look for.  Was the Yaesu
> change accomplished by changing the PC board layout, or by dead bugging
> parts on the backside of the radio?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> 73,
> Mike, K4GU
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