[Yaesu] FT 5200 Problem

Wed Mar 30 06:37:35 EST 2005

* George Saum <gscomm at mho.net> [2005 Mar 29 21:00 -0600]:
> When I turned my FT 5200 on the other day, all of the LCD segments came 
> on and then the radio shut off automatically, after a couple of seconds. 
> Has anyone experienced this? I tried resetting the radio's 
> microcontroller but that didn't help.
> Does anyone have a repair facility they would care to recommend (besides 
> Yaesu, of course)?
> 73, Bud, K0GS

Outside of an outright failure, about the only thing I can think of
that may be the problem is the lithium backup battery. I have two 
FT-5100 and one FT-5200 and haven't yet seen your problem (although 
I've seen planety of others). 
I bought one '5100 with a dead lithium battery and what it would do is 
reset a few minutes after power being removed. This required resetting 
the RX and TX limits (as the expanded RF mod had been done) and 
reprogramming offsets, etc.
Sorry, I don't know of an independent repair facility.
73, de Nate >>
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