[1000mp] Erratic TX behavior

Billy Cox aa4nu at ix.netcom.com
Sun Jan 6 00:33:39 EST 2008


What happens when you swap from ANT A to ANT B?

Try carefully resoldering the connections from the ANT A
and/or ANT B jacks to the PCB ... those are known for
a problem with hair-line cracks over time ...

Just an idea to try ... hope this helps!

73 de Billy, AA4NU


>>The old FT-1000mp is having a strange issue .....
>> 
>>At times while transmitting, the SWR will spike to over 
>>3:1 and of course the rig will shut down.  Once the rig has
>>this issue, the SWR. will stay 3:1 or higher without the tuner, 
>>and when I try to ingage the tuner, the tuner will not tune.
>> 
>>I have to go to other bands and hit the ATU button
>>to get the radio work again.



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