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- Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
- From: j_otterson@star.enet.dec.com (Jeff Otterson/N1KDO)
- Subject: Re: FT530 mods wanted!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.140555.24650@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Lines: 65
- Sender: j_otterson@otters.enet.dec.com (Jeff Otterson/N1KDO)
- Reply-To: j_otterson@star.enet.dec.com
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua, NH, USA
- References: <1992Dec30.215515.364@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:05:55 GMT
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- This is copied verbatim from the mod sheet I received with my rig...
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- YAESU FT-530
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- Expanded Receive 110-180, 300-500 MHz
- Expanded Transmit 130-180, 400-470 MHz
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- NOT LEGAL IN U.S.A - FOR EXPORT ONLY
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- o Remove Antenna and Battery.
- o Remove four screws on bottom holding battery track.
- o Remove the four (black) screws holding rear case.
- o Slowly... open the front cover from tranceiver and lay both halves on table.
- o Note positioning of white paper insulator in right half of radio and lift out
- (don't throw away)
- o Carefully locate Jumper Pad 13 and remove solder.
- o Re-install white paper insulator, make sure ground tab slides through the
- paper insulator.
- o Close radio back up (Careful not to pinch the ribbon cable near lithium
- battery when closing halves).
- o Re-install the four (black) screws holding rear case.
- o Re-install the four (small silver) screws on bottom holding battery track to
- radio body.
- o Attach Antenna and Battery.
- o Turn off Radio.... Press and hold both arrow keys while turning on the Radio.
- o Modification Complete.
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- | | | / 2 (|) (|) 1
- | --- / 4 (|) (|) 3
- | / <--- Jumpers are here 6 (|) (|) 5
- | o / 8 (|) (|) 7
- ----------------- Blowup ---> 10 (|) (|) 9
- 12 (|) (|) 11
- 14 (|) (|) 13
- 16 (|) (|) 15
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- In side the rig, it really did not look quite like that ... more like this:
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- ... 12 (|) (|) 11
- (|) 13
- 16 (|) (|) 15
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- In addition to the published receive expansion, it also receives 800-950 MHz...
- trunking radio, cell phone (I would *never* listen to that), 33cm ham band...
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- Have fun!
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- Copied from the QRZ! Windows Ham Radio CDROM
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