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- FT23R
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- YAESU FT-23R EXTENDED FREQUENCY RANGE:
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- 'Circumcising' the FT-23R is remarkably simple. Removing one solder
- blob (pad #7, clearly marked, 10 o'clock position from the speaker, 9
- o'clock from the microprocessor) lets the radio receive and transmit
- from 140.0 to 163.995 MHz. The two circuit boards with surface-mount
- components are uncluttered. When opening the radio, be careful not to
- lose the tiny coil-spring inside the battery-release button. I
- haven't measured receiver sensitivity, nor do I know about performance
- in big-city RFI; the FT-23R is considerably more sensitive at 162-MHz
- weather frequencies than is my modified Icom IC-02AT.
- [source: W9MKV]