[1000mp] Repair of FT-1000MP MKV

[Garry Shapiro]

Anything heard if an antenna is plugged into the RX ant input and 
selected? In fact, is the A/B or RX selection accidentally "RX"?

Van W1WCG wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Came home from vacation to find that my faithful FT1000MP has a problem 
> in the receive circuit, at or near to the antenna connection.  I hear 
> background noise on receive, and even a couple of very faint birdies on 
> 40m, but there's no sign of any external signal and connecting an 
> antenna does not increase the b/g noise at all, no static, nada.  Same 
> symptom either A or B, either receiver.  It's just like the antenna is 
> disconnected at the antenna jack.  I had the loose-wire-from-the-jack 
> problem on ant. A at one time, but I re-soldered the joint and had no 
> further trouble.  Anybody have any idea what this might be?  Is there 
> any kind of fusing or protection in the antenna input circuitry that 
> might have blown?
>
> TIA,
>
> Van W1WCG
>
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