[Yaesu] Need info on FTS-7

[Jim Dicso]

David,

Google provided a couple of interesting sites for FTS-8:

www.mods.dk:  FTS-8 installation in 5 different transceivers
http://www.kolumbus.fi/juha.niinikoski/Ctcss/ctcss.htm:  Replacement
circuits using 16F628 DIP or PIC (page dated Dec 2003).

73 Jim K2SZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Willmore" <willmore at optonline.net>
To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: [Yaesu] Need info on FTS-7


>
> Greetings, everyone.
>
> I'm looking into making a replacement tone board for the
> commonly used FTS-7 and FTS-17A.  I've got a service
> manual for my FT-2500m, and it lists the parts on the -17A,
> but I don't have a radio like the Yaesu FT736R which uses
> the -7.
>
> Does anyone have a service manual for it and would they
> be willing to copy/scan the pages that describe the tone
> board?  The bits of info I'm looking for are--what chip
> does the tone board use, what signal level does it see,
> what is the pinout of the module, what kind of connector
> it uses, and mechanically, what's it like?
>
> If anyone can help provide this, I would be quite grateful.
>
> Is there much interest in an inexpensive (~$25) replacement
> for the FTS-7 and FTS-17A?  What other tone boards are
> 'popular'?
>
> Thanks for your help, everyone.
>
> Cheers,
> David n0ymv
> _______________________________________________
> Yaesu mailing list
> Yaesu at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/yaesu
>