[Yaesu] FT-ONE - memory board. Anyone got one, made one, or want one?

Fri Jun 3 10:52:27 EDT 2011

On 06/ 3/11 02:52 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
>>> On 6/3/2011 5:37 AM, David Kirkby wrote:
>> I find the fact the FT-ONE will lose memories if powered off and
>> disconnected from the mains unless the optional memory unit is
>> installed is a bit annoying. I would have thought on a 3000ドル rig,
>> Yaesu should have added the memory (only 1024 bits of SRAM), and not
>> sold it as and option. But the fact is they did.
>> When the rig was new, those chips probably cost 10ドル each, and the option
> near 100ドル. The half GB modules for PCs that cost 20ドル aren't really SRAM,
> they are DRAM with built in refresh. Which makes them easier to make in
> large capacities.
>> 73, Jerry, K0CQ

In order to make this an option, Yaesu had to fit a couple of connectors on the 
PCB in the rig, and a couple more on the board. I think including 20ドル's worth of 
components on a rig selling for 3000ドル was not unreasonable.
Had it been an economy rig, I could understand making a bit of memory an option, 
but not in a top of the line rig.
Dave