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

[Dave Edwards]

Plug in 'n talk!

There is no "dip the plate, and peak the load"...so as long as your 
antenna is resonant (which it should be), you pretty much just plug it 
in and start talking.
Don't second guess the power chord. It is not a mystery. Most of the 12 
volt rigs out there use the same one. Does it look like this?....


If so, don't mess with it, just plug it in and it will be fine. If you 
bend up the connectors, then you WILL have problems!!
Not sure what pilot lamp you are talking about.
In this case, I WOULD do some research on it.
In many cases the meter lamps, display lamps etc. require some deal of 
disassembly to get to them. Some rigs require removing the front panel, 
and possibly a display or front panel PCA.
....Dave



On 7/9/14, 10:16 AM, Doug Hensley wrote:
> 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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