[Yaesu] FT-ONE - memory board. Anyone got one, made one, or want one?

[Dr. David Kirkby]

On 06/ 3/11 02:52 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
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> On 6/3/2011 5:37 AM, David Kirkby wrote:
>> I find the fact the FT-ONE will lose memories if powered off and
>> disconnected from the mains unless the optional memory unit is
>> installed is a bit annoying. I would have thought on a $3000 rig,
>> Yaesu should have added the memory (only 1024 bits of SRAM), and not
>> sold it as and option. But the fact is they did.
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> When the rig was new, those chips probably cost $10 each, and the option
> near $100. The half GB modules for PCs that cost $20 aren't really SRAM,
> they are DRAM with built in refresh. Which makes them easier to make in
> large capacities.
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> 73, Jerry, K0CQ

In order to make this an option, Yaesu had to fit a couple of connectors on the 
PCB in the rig, and a couple more on the board. I think including $20's worth of 
components on a rig selling for $3000 was not unreasonable.

Had it been an economy rig, I could understand making a bit of memory an option, 
but not in a top of the line rig.

Dave