[1000mp] FT1000MP CW monitor

[Sante - IK0HBN]

Thank you Jim.
I'll do the same test and I'll report how it runs here.
Ciao for now.
Sante


At 00.04 12/03/2010, you wrote:
>Well, well.  Maybe I didn't waste everybody's time.
>
>For the purpose of this test I've connected amplified stereo speakers
>directly to Mark V rear panel AF out.  (Well, via the patch bay that is
>- easier than fiddling around at the back of the rig)
>I'm connected to that great dummy load in the sky aka 10m.
>The MkV is NOT in DUAL mode so only VFO A Rx is active.
>MONI is on.
>I hear band noise in the left spkr and nothing in the right.
>Paddles are plugged into front panel KEY jack.
>I send some Vs on CW and hear them in the right spkr.  BUT, I actually
>have to transmit (although RF PWR is at min) i.e. VOX button is IN.
>Works the same with paddles plugged into rear panel KEY jack.
>Monitor level is only slightly affected by setting of MONI control.
>
>This is different to the usual situation where you get sidetone in
>phones plugged into the front panel Phones jack even if you don't
>actually transmit.
>
>Plug Yaesu hand mic into front panel mic jack
>Hit PTT and say something
>Hear myself in the right spkr
>Level is adjustable with MONI control
>
>Don't know if it makes any difference but headphone stereo mode is activated
>Menu 4-8 HEAdPHON is set to STEREO-2
>
>Menu 4-9 AF GAIN is set to SEPERATE
>Set it to BALANCE.  Still get the cw in the right spkr.
>
>If you want, I can make a stereo recording demoing the noise on L and
>the monitor output on R.
>
>Haven't tried it but I'm pretty sure it works on RTTY also.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>73, Jim VE7FO
>
>Tod -ID wrote:
> > Jim:
> >
> > After reading your message suggesting that the AF OUT jack in the 
> Mark V was
> > not silenced during transmit I called a friend who has an FT1000MP Mark V
> > and we ran an experiment with his radio which had been newly refurbished by
> > a Yaesu authorized service center. In addition to a number of other
> > adjustments they had tested the AF OUT jack because he thought it was not
> > behaving properly. They declared that it is "now' working correctly.
> >
> > We used the AF OUT to drive a amplified speaker which had stereo inputs. On
> > RX the speaker worked as expected. We connected the radio to a dummy load
> > and turned on the Monitor function and transmitted. We adjusted the monitor
> > volume so that the mic audio could be heard on the radio internal speaker.
> > Then the amplified speaker was connected. On RX the amplified speaker
> > continued to produce the RX audio. But, when one transmitted into a dummy
> > load and had the Monitor function on at the level which produced internal
> > speaker output there was no output from the amplified speaker connected to
> > the AF OUT jack. The AF OUT output was silenced during transmit.
> >
> > Perhaps there is something wrong with my friend's Mark V. It would be
> > helpful if others with a Mark V would run the same experiment and report
> > what they found.
> >
> > We went through the schematics for the Mark V and found the same J3036
> > output connector that seems to have no functional connection to any other
> > part of the radio.
> >
> > Tod
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: 1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >> [mailto:1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Smith
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:15 PM
> >> To: All about Yaesu 1000mp
> >> Subject: Re: [1000mp] FT1000MP CW monitor
> >>
> >> Hmm.. Looks like I was assuming that the MP would behave the
> >> same as the MkV
> >>
> >> Sorry for wasting everybody's time.
> >>
> >> 73, Jim      VE7FO
> >>
> >
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