[Boatanchors] YAESU FT-100 HELP

[Ed - K9EW]

I fixed the problem with a simple RESET. All bands are working now. Hope
this helps the next person who runs into this problem.

-ed, k9ew

On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 1:55 PM Ed - K9EW <k9ew57 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm checking out an old FT-400 for a friend, and ran into something
> unexpected.
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> The transmit power output in the CW mode is pretty reasonable, but it's
> Zero on 160, 80, 17, and 12m.  I hear the CW sidetone, but there's no
> output power, no change in current, and there's an icon on the left side of
> the display that indicates I'm trying to transmit out-of-band (which I'm
> not).  The RF Output is connected to a Bird wattmeter which is connected to
> a 50 ohm dummy load.
>
> I checked the functioning of the "out of band" indicator by transmitting
> in-band and just outside the band.  It does what you would expect:  there's
> output power in-band, and no output power plus the "out-of-band" indicator
> when outside the band edge.
>
> I checked the Settings on a band that works with the settings on a band
> that doesn't, and can't see any differences.
>
> I started on a band that worked, and continuously tuned manually to a
> problem band.  The band that worked still worked, and the problem band
> still didn't work.
>
> I've tried transmitting on several frequencies across the band with the
> same "out of band" indication.
>
> I called Yaesu, but they didn't have any suggestions.
>
> Hoping someone here can point me to a solution.
>
> Thanks - ed, k9ew
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