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| Author: | the Outlaw [ Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | yaesu ft-50 |
Anyone know where to buy parts?? FT-50 power button took a crap. I can't even turn on my radio because of a stupid 50 cent part. Of course I tried the usual places. |
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| Author: | Rich [ Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:15 am ] |
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You need a replacement rubber button. The contact is made by a drop of conductive ink/paint on the backside of the button. Guess what happens when it wears off ? Yaesu used to sell a new button for less than a dollar. Perhaps they still have them in stock. Some people have had luck with superglue and a small spot of tinfoil on the back of the button. An alternative is to carefully solder a microswitch on top of the PCB contact area then hogging out the backside of the rubber button to correctly clear the switch. Thats what I did to my FT-50 when this happened. |
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| Author: | the Outlaw [ Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:55 pm ] |
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I'll have to call up Yaesu. If they don't stock that part, then time to plug in the solder thing-a-ma-jig. I have a lot of accessories for it, I hate to just chuck it. |
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