[Yaesu] PROB FT-530

[Ray Brown]

----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "E R BOVA" w0wpd at earthlink.net
>
> Greetings all -- As I've done many times before I was using external power
> to monitor for ARES exercise while using main rig for comm.  After I
> withdrew the external power connector the HT would not power up.  Yes, the
> battery is fully charged.  I usually withdraw the ext. power connector with
> the HT off.   Maybe I didn't this time.  Could that be it????  (It works
> just fine with the external power).  Tried alternating with external and
> battery power several times.  No change. No "workee"!!
>
> Any thoughts?   Could it be the contacts on the ext. power recept. have
> collapsed and won't reconnect  to the battery?   That's my guess -- but how
> does one repair if that's it??  (Make it simple)!

  It might be the socket itself. I do know that on the VX-5 radios, if you shut
it down with the power plug plugged in, it will not "wake up" unless the plug
is plugged in (and voltage). The microprocessor takes a snapshot of what
was going on when it shuts down, and it wants to wake up the same way.
Strange, but true. :-)

                _Ray_        KBØSTN