[Yaesu] FT-980 battery back up problem

[David Thompson]

Gang,

All this talk about old Yaesu's like the FT-One got me into finally aligning 
my newest FT-980.  Everthing went OK until I started putting back on the 
bottom case.

The battery back up is by two AA batteries and I have three FT-980's and 
have never had a problem with the battery back up (except for the chore of 
replacing them every 6 months or so).  Well today
I put the bottom case back and was aligning all the holes (not easy) when 
the battery clip and bottom battery case fell out and the wires broke.  I 
re-attached and soldered the wires and get just short of 3 V DC.  I enter a 
couple of memories which I use for splits and then turned off the power and 
after a few minutes turned it back on and the memories are no longer be 
saved.

Any ideas why not?  Batteries are Ok.  I looked and the wires are still 
firmly attached and soldered
inside the rig.  I checked one of the other 980's (which works) and 
everything looks the same.

I am planning to find a 3 V DC wall wart to save changing batteries.  But 
does anyone have any ideas???  The memories save so long as the power is on 
but go away when turned off.

73 Dave K4JRB