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- FT470.7
-
- I have recevied enough enquiries about mods for the Yaesu FT-470
- hand held, that I have decided to post what I know.
-
- (This is a transcription of a letter that I received detailing
- the CPU programming jumpers that were found experimentally
- by Ed Boakes, WB3FLD. Keith, N7HMF)
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-
- Dear Keith,
-
- A little while ago, I came across a Net News item from you about the
- Yeasu FT-470 handheld. You asked if anyone knew how to make it
- receive the public service band just above the UHF amateur band. Well,
- I've figured out how to do that. However, the bad news is that when
- you strap the unit for this mode, it only transmits from 430 to 440!
- Oh, well.
-
- I gave you a phone call a week or so ago, but it seemed that we kept
- missing each other. Anyway, here is what I've learned about the
- FT-470: I have located a total of eight straps, the four which you
- had written about, to the left of the lithium battery, and four others
- located under the flat white cable that interconnects the upper half
- with the lower half.
-
- YEASU FT-470 STRAPS
- =================================================================----
- R69 Vertical, at the 10 o'clock position by the lithium cell
- R68 Horizontal, to the lower left of R69
- R67 Horizontal, just below R68
- R66 Horizontal, just below R67
-
- R71 Vertical, the leftmost of three, to the left of the upper
- corner of the ribbon cable connector.
- R70 Vertical, the center of three of which R71 is the leftmost
- R72 Vertical, the rightmost of the three
- R74 Vertical, to the left of the ribbon cable connector, below
- the three. (Note that R74 is below an unpopulated capacitor
- that does not have a C number.
- =================================================================----
-
- There is no R73, or at least it is not on the circuit board and it is
- not in the schematic. And, yes, the order of those three is indeed
- R71, R70, R72, left-to-right.
-
- R70, R71, R72 select the mode for the UHF portion of the FT-470. The
- choices are:
-
- UHF CHOICES
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- R71 R70 R72 Rx and TX Receive only
- =================================================================----
- 0 0 0 430 to 440 Mhz 430 to 500 Mhz
- 0 0 1 430 to 450 Mhz
- 0 1 0 430 to 440 Mhz
- 0 1 1 432 to 438 Mhz
- 1 0 0 430 to 440 Mhz
- 1 0 1 220 to 225 Mhz
- 1 1 0 430 to 440 Mhz
- 1 1 1 210 to 235 Mhz
- =================================================================----
-
- R66, R67, R68 and R69 select the mode for the VHF portion of the FT-470.
- The choices are:
- CONTINUED IN FT470.8
-