I managed to find enough money to order the new AF unit for my VX-7R. Last night, I looked over the invoice from Yaesu and noticed the sales staff forgot to add my apartment number to the shipment. Whoops. A minor issue to be sure, but I really didn’t want the shipment to be delayed. Continue reading “Repairing my radio – Part 4/4!”
Repairing my radio – Part 3
The spanner wrench finally came yesterday, and I successfully got the PCB out of the radio. Initially, melting the solder off the posts went fairly smoothly, though I had to max out my iron after all. Once I had the defective filters out, I had to ream out the holes because some solder was left behind, blocking them. It was at this point that I started having trouble. Continue reading “Repairing my radio – Part 3”
Repairing my radio – Part 2
The IF filters for my radio came today. I excitedly got to work taking my radio apart to get down to the bad filters, but hit a snag. Continue reading “Repairing my radio – Part 2”
Repairing my radio – Part 1
A long while back, my Yaesu VX-7R stopped working; I could transmit, but not receive. Last night, I had a weird dream which I can no longer remember, but it kicked my butt into considering repairing the radio myself. I’ve done some research, and I found an article online from another ham who has the exact same symptoms as me, and managed to repair it. In his, and several other cases who responded to his article, the cause was Continue reading “Repairing my radio – Part 1”