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Info-Hams Digest            Wed, 16 Mar 94       Volume 94 : Issue  294

Today's Topics:
                        FT-530 Receive Proble
                         QSL route for T30JJ

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Date: 15 Mar 1994 16:02:49 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!ctp.org!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: FT-530 Receive Proble
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

leber@panther.warm.inmet.com (Thomas Leber) writes:
> >Our local ham store (North Olmstead Amateur Radion Depot, North Olmsted
> >Ohio ) stated last week that they automatically return all 530s to Yaesu
> >for the mod to cure this. They install it free and turn the radio around
> >in less than a week.
> 
> Well, I don't know if we're talking about the exact same problem, but
> mine has been back to Yaesu twice, and has had all of the latest factory 
> fixes applied, but still exhibits these symptoms.
> 
> -Tom

Mine just came back last week.  Fixed the code squelch problem and 
something about a new VFO knob??
But it still exhibits the problem you described above.

Steven Adams 
sadams@ctp.org 
KD6KGJ

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Date: 15 Mar 1994 15:24:05 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel!olivea!apple.com!apple.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: QSL route for T30JJ
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

allanw@fc.hp.com (Allan Weaver) writes:


>Does anyone know the QSL route for T30JJ operating from Tarwa(?)
>Island in the Marshalls in the South Pacific?


Prof. AA5BT told me it is via JR2KDN.  


Kok Chen, AA6TY   kchen@apple.com
Apple Computer, Inc.

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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 21:59:00 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.utdallas.edu!feenix.metronet.com!serafin@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

References <1994Mar14.134950.1991@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <CMnzL4.5wx@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>, <1994Mar15.143508.8094@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>
Subject : Re: Diesel or Taurus fr HF/VHF mobile??

In article <1994Mar15.143508.8094@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>,
Gary Coffman <gary@ke4zv.UUCP> wrote:
>In article <CMnzL4.5wx@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca> edleslie@apogee.ccs.yorku.ca (Ed Leslie) writes:
>>Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote:

>>For a wild shot, could there have been a Piezo-electric (sp?) effect taking
>>place with the ignitors or some such thing (i.e. the shock wave from
>>combustion causing a piezo-electric discharge)?
>
>Good guess, but we disconnected the glow plugs as one of our first
>steps.

I wouldn't necessarily rule out the glow plugs unless you actually removed
them.  

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Date: 15 Mar 1994 21:21:30 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.ans.net!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!watson.ibm.com!uri@network.ucsd.edu
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

References <2m4qak$at9@news.iastate.edu>, <2m4s8t$3vq@doc.cc.utexas.edu>, <2m4sff$423@doc.cc.utexas.edu>ews
Reply-To : uri@watson.ibm.com
Subject : Re: FT-990 vs TS-850

In article <2m4sff$423@doc.cc.utexas.edu>, kreblon@doc.cc.utexas.edu (Bob Nagy) writes:
> Ken..I own the 850..The reliability is better on the 990...

I beg to differ! I'm quite pleased with the reliability of
my FT-990 <knock-knock on the wood! :-> 'cause so far it
didn't give me a single problem, nor to anybody of my
friends, who seeing my 990 chose to buy similar rig
for themselves.

> The scaf filter is no great schucks... 

??? I use/like this filter A LOT, on all manual modes.

> Difficult decision..
> But Id trade my 850 for a 990 in a minute because of overall
> quality. (also if 990 uses 24 volt finals..TX is better)

(:-)
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Regards,
Uri.    uri@watson.ibm.com  scifi!angmar!uri 
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