[Yaesu] ft-857d display

Sat Aug 15 10:38:47 EDT 2009

Or, maybe just drop it in some iced tea, , ,
nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, , , ,
I have seen this in other radios, Icoms, etc.
So I guess that it's not uncommon.
Doc
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mikea wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 08:14:13PM -0400, bill riches wrote:
>>> Turned on my 857 mobile and the display had jibberish on it! Did a full
>> reset and the radio is working ok however the display characters have some
>> vertical lines through the characters. The unit has been in a very hot car
>> for a while. Have I cooked the display? It is usable but not pretty.
>>>> This is a very common problem with the 857 and 857D: the soft conductive
> material that should make contact with the contacts on the display aren't
> quite doing the job. I had it on my 857D (it improved after W5DNA dropped
> the display head in a quart of iced tea!) and my 857.
>> If you're careful, you can take the head apart and squish the foam gently
> to try to make it work better.
>>