[1000mp] MP went dead

[Tom Homewood]

This sounds like the VCO problem.

I found some bad solder joints on the board containing the VCO circuits. I
believe all the bad joints I found were on inductor wires.

Look on the VA3CR web site.
http://www.va3cr.net/1000MP/Problems/RepairsVCO.htm

73, Tom, W1TO


On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Bill Johnson <w3fi at zoominternet.net> wrote:

> My faithful FT1000MP went dead below 7.500 MHz. Normal above that. I had
> planned to send it off to Byron, the guru, but he is on vacation until
> January.
>
> Any ideas what might cause this? Right at 7.4999 a relay clicks and
> reception goes out, no transmissions on lower bands.  Seems like a PLL
> problem I had some years ago. Any ideas what might cause this. Maybe a
> tweaking needed or that relay?
>
> Is Yaesu service an option?
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