I too have felt THE PAIN with my FT-817. After burning some traces due to very high SWR from an external amp, I replaced all the relays, still would not work. I gave up after having one of the driver fets burn (real fire!) TWICE. I have a new PA board (not the finals) coming from Japan. The PA board is only $275 and the other parts??? Priceless. Why not just throw away???? I'm to mad (both in the head and emotionally) to give up! Beside's I am starting to make friends at Yeasu (or this that Motorola)
Happy New Year's
Dave
________________________ WB7DRU; Navy Mars NNN0AXK Burnsville, MN USA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of K7XQ Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 1:55 PM To: k7zt@suddenlink.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FT-847 Disaster
Don't feel too bad Joe. ......
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