[Yaesu] FT-8100 control head

[Tom WA9WSJ]

Hello Scott,
You describe exactly what I'm facing with this one. Not a fun fix, especially since there are two to do. And your wiring fix is what I had envisioned if that turns out to be the only alternative. Very bad design. They should have used through hole connectors there....
Another gent, Van, has mentioned that Yaesu has a replacement board that is the fix.
I'll be calling them next week and see if it's still available.
73 Tom

      From: KB0NLY <kb0nly at mchsi.com>
 To: Tom WA9WSJ <wa9wsj at yahoo.com>; Yaesu Reflector <yaesu at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 4:25 PM
 Subject: Re: [Yaesu] FT-8100 control head
   
I went down that road about five years ago, spent almost a year chasing a 
good control head, problem is every control head I found had issues as well. 
What I eventually did was painstakingly solder jumper wires from the 
controls to various points on the boards to fix all the connections, that 
fixed it, and then I promptly sold it due to the anger I had for that 
radio!!

The 8100 is a good radio, but the control head is absolute garbage because 
of the controls.  The little connector that the two sub-boards with the 
controls mounted on is the issue, if you jumper past that its fine, but it 
takes really tiny wires, a really fine tip iron, and some magnification to 
do it.  I think I spent about three hours fixing that blessed thing.

73,

Scott KB0NLY


-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom WA9WSJ via Yaesu
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2018 4:35 PM
To: Yaesu Reflector
Subject: [Yaesu] FT-8100 control head

Hello Gents,
Does anyone have a good FT-8100 control head that you're willing to part 
with?
The one I have has volume/squelch control failures on both bands.
Diagnosing proved to be bad/broken connections to the pc board. Very 
difficult to fix!
Rather replace it.
Thanks,
Tom wa9wsj
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