Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: j_otterson@star.enet.dec.com (Jeff Otterson/N1KDO)
Subject: Re: FT530 mods wanted!
Message-ID: <1992Dec31.140555.24650@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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Sender: j_otterson@otters.enet.dec.com (Jeff Otterson/N1KDO)
Reply-To: j_otterson@star.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua, NH, USA
References:  <1992Dec30.215515.364@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:05:55 GMT


This is copied verbatim from the mod sheet I received with my rig...

YAESU FT-530

Expanded Receive 110-180, 300-500 MHz
Expanded Transmit 130-180, 400-470 MHz

NOT LEGAL IN U.S.A - FOR EXPORT ONLY

o Remove Antenna and Battery.
o Remove four screws on bottom holding battery track.
o Remove the four (black) screws holding rear case.
o Slowly... open the front cover from tranceiver and lay both halves on table.
o Note positioning of white paper insulator in right half of radio and lift out
  (don't throw away)
o Carefully locate Jumper Pad 13 and remove solder.
o Re-install white paper insulator, make sure ground tab slides through the 
  paper insulator.
o Close radio back up (Careful not to pinch the ribbon cable near lithium 
  battery when closing halves).
o Re-install the four (black) screws holding rear case.
o Re-install the four (small silver) screws on bottom holding battery track to
  radio body.
o Attach Antenna and Battery.
o Turn off Radio.... Press and hold both arrow keys while turning on the Radio.
o Modification Complete.

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|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
|           ---        |
|           | |        |
|           ---       /
|           ---      /
|           | |     /                         2 (|)  (|) 1
|           ---    /                          4 (|)  (|) 3
|                 /  <---  Jumpers are here   6 (|)  (|) 5
|              o /                            8 (|)  (|) 7
-----------------             Blowup --->    10 (|)  (|) 9
                                             12 (|)  (|) 11
                                             14 (|)  (|) 13
                                             16 (|)  (|) 15
-

In side the rig, it really did not look quite like that ...    more like this:

...  12 (|)  (|) 11 
           (|) 13
      16 (|)  (|) 15

In addition to the published receive expansion, it also receives 800-950 MHz...
trunking radio, cell phone (I would *never* listen to that), 33cm ham band...

Have fun!


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