From           John Gordon <xlr8@worldnet.att.net>
Organization   AT&T WorldNet Services
Date           Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:35:59 -0700
Newsgroups     rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Message-ID     <6o650b$7c1@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>




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If you have low and distorted audio in the
headphone jack of the FT-847 this mod fixes it.

   1) Remove the upper and lower covers.
 
   2) Drop the front panel as in the same fashion
      as the 736r. Leave two screws for the front
      panel to pivot on.

   3) Behind the earphone jack is a small circuit
      board. On the left side of the board there
      are components and markings (R1,C1,etc). 
      One the right side of the board there are two
      1/8 watt 2.2ohm resistors.

   4) Remove both 2.2ohm resistors from the 
      circuit board (they are simply tacked on).

    Thats it. Now you will have enough audio for
    any of your headphones with no distortion. If
    you perform this mod along with the volume 
    control mod you will be very happy with the
    receive audio in this rig (as I am). More
    mods for the FT-847 (including the volume
    control mod) can be found on this webb page:
   
        http://www.en.com/users/rayd/ft-847/

John Gordon
KD2JF
xlr8@worldnet.att.net