[Yaesu] FT847

[Scott L.]

I haven't used the Logic6 software myself, but I have had problems with
other CAT software on my 847, it usually turned out to be the radio and the
software being set to different com speeds.  Check menu number 37-CAT RATE
and make sure that matches the speed set in the software.  Any FT-847 made
after May of 1998 should be capable of bi-directional CAT support.

As far as the age of the radio I would say that it is March 1999 Production
run 18, unit 10 of that run.  Here is the info you need to decode most Yaesu
serials.

Year of manufacture-Month of manufacture-Production Run-Individual Unit
number, where the month of manufacture is offset by 2, so "C" means January,
"D" means February, "I" means March, and so forth.

Example: 8G051234 = 1998, May (fifth month, or "G"), Production Run 05, unit
#1234 in this run.

One key serial number range is 8G05. This seems to be the point at which
Yaesu had corrected the bi-directional CAT problems and made some other
improvements. This version was made in May 1998. Later serial numbers (e.g.,
8L09nnnn) all seem to have incorporated the earlier improvements plus new
ones.

Hope this helps.

73,

Scott, KB0NLY



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Tait" <bravo@iol.ie>
To: <yaesu@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:31 PM
Subject: [Yaesu] FT847


have bought an FT847 as a second radio. It won't communicate with LOGic6. If
I select the newer driver it won't connect at all, and if I select the older
FT847/FT736 it pretends to connect, gives no error messages, but doesn't
actually communicate. Has anyone had this problem? is there a fix??
BTW, the 847 Serial number is 9E180010.. Does anyone know how old this radio
is???
Tks es 73
    John EI7BA  http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/

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