Only thing which is still missing is the metal plate which has the speaker on it. I took out the front panel to fix the power switch:Īnd this is how the FT-847 looks with her new face:Īfter this, I had some QSOs with very good audio reports. Here you have the unit with the new front panel on top: I sourced them in Spain, at the Yaesu distributor, but it took several months to arrive. So I had a new front panel but still not the other parts, as the power switch, some damaged rubber knobs, all missing screws and so on. A gentleman fron UK bought it on behalf of me and sent it to me :-) I asked for help in the FT-847 Yahoogroup and got some hints: there could be some spares available at Yaesu UK!. I tried to get new parts from Yaesu but main one I needed, front panel, was obsolete. So unit was working fine but, physically, it was awful. Then I duplicated the switch circuit, to prevent contact burning, and replaced the bare wire with an insulated one:Īfter these works, unit was fired up. This is the condition of the HF power amplifier and filter area before cleaning:Īnd now, after cleaning. Here you have some pictures of the process. So I fixed all what could be done, as lousy soldering jobs, power switch cabling and so on. a nicely damaged UHF connector:Īll in all, unit seemed complete and in reasonable electrical shape. Now I found more untidy jobs in the front panel PCB:Īnd on the back panel. not unusual, as it is always running in this rig: there was some job done to the power switch, as a trace had burned and was replaced this way:įan was also pretty dirty. VHF and UHF power amps seemed in good shape, if a bit dusty: There was an extra CW filter installed:īut everywhere, thre were surprises. There were cracks all around the front panel: This is what I found once I opened the box. Seller refunded part of the purchase price so final price was not bad and I had some cash to buy the needed spares :-) description was not too accurate and I ended up with a damaged rig (mostly physical damage) with some parts missing. This page is devoted to the restoration of my Yaesu FT-847 transceiver. EB5AGV's Workbench: Yaesu FT-847 restoration Bringing back the beauty to an abused rig
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