[Yaesu] New Rig: an FT-840. Your experiences ??

[Doug Hensley]

Greetings,
I am new to the Yaesu list.
I've just acquired a Yaesu FT-840 transceiver; no power supply, no mic, etc.  To test the receiver I put molex pins on the back receptacle and powered it up on a dipole.  Thereceiver works great.  I have not read enough of the manual to start testing the trans-hitter but hope to soon as I fix the new power cord I bought for it.
Some questions:
The generic power cord which is labeled to fit a dozen Yaesu models has a bit larger molexpins in it than I am comfortable with.  When I insert the 6 pin plug, there is no feel ofcontact until the plug is almost all the way in.  My thought is to buy a pin extractor andlightly crimp the female plug pins before attempting to pass a lot of current throughit.  Am I doing the obvious or is this the way all Yaesu receptacles feel ?
Secondly, the pilot lamp is out.  Looking through the Technical Supplement I found online,there is no identification on it that makes sense.  So I am guessing 12V and thinking LED replacement?  Has anyone found a best fix on this?
I would enjoy hearing some chatter on the FT-840 if you have used one.  Thanks.
Doug W5JV/NNN0BXX





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