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Wendy
Intermediate Member
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 128
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 8:37 am: | 
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I bought an Ft-180 yesterday. After I read the manual I hooked it up in my house with a realistic 15 amp power supply that I had. It powered up said 14.0 vols and then the display read +- and Low that's all. After turning it off and on a few times and playing with it finally it began to work correctly. I had lots of fun with it and listened to some people talk and even talked a little myself. The report on sound was good. Too bad I had to go to bed and turned it off.Now it says Nar and low, +- on the left side MEMORY in the middle and Skip on the right side.I've tried pressing some of the buttons it either says error or turns off and then back on again. Is it something with the power supply or is there a problem with the radio?
Whitedove/ unit 54
CEF#350
CEF HAM#232
CVC#33
KI4TCX
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Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 727
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 9:20 am: |
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How long did it say that on the display?? Some radios go thru a self test every time they are turned on. If it lasted longer than say a minute I'd try the radio on another supply and if it still does the same take it back.
In theory 15 Amps should be plenty for that radio.
Simon
Tech237
KD7IEB
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Wendy
Intermediate Member
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 129
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 9:09 am: |
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If all else fails do a factory reset. I pushed the correct buttons while powering the unit on. Then it was stuck in PRI MW mode only channel 144.000 I tried getting it into VFO mode with no luck. Finally I decided to try pressing the mw d/mr button while powering the unit on and there it was vfo mode. I hope I don't have to reset this thing everytime I want to use it.
Thanks for your help Wendy
Whitedove/ unit 54
CEF#350
CEF HAM#232
CVC#33
KI4TCX
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Crackshot
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackshot
Post Number: 271
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 9:27 am: |
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You should not have to reset it everytime you use it. Sometimes the microprocessor does need to be reset if it does not operate as it should.
CEF 655
HAM 225
ARRL Member
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 4383
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 11:37 am: |
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Wendy
Lissen on 147.550 at 8pm tonight for the tampabay 2 meter net ... Its a bit far for you to hear it but not out of the question. ALSO 146.64 should be with in range and i can hit that machine from here .... |
Wendy
Intermediate Member
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 130
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 1:06 pm: |
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Am I supposed to leave the power supply on all the time and then turn just the radio off when I'm done? The problem I'm having only seems to occur after I turn the power supply off? I've been turning that off as well because I work a lot and am gone from home and thought it may not be good to leave it on. Maybe the radio gets a small but constant source of power from your cars battery which the radio is not getting when I turn the power supply off. It is possible that it is going through some thing that it does the first time you power it on because of that. It sits that way quite a long time and does nothing and after trying several things the reset was all that helped. Another thing is the radio is 50 watts total power however I can only run it on 25 watts. It blanks out at 50. I rarely run over 25 watts of power anyway. I will try and listen on those channels, but I am limited by my antenna set up. I will try and get it outside my trailer today and see if that helps.
Thank you Wendy
Whitedove/ unit 54
CEF#350
CEF HAM#232
CVC#33
KI4TCX
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 4386
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 6:04 am: |
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is this radio NEW or USED if USED the older radios have a back up battery and if it goes dead ca cause stramge things ... |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 4387
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 6:10 am: |
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I CANNOT find a FT-180 what is the radio ? |
Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 729
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 9:02 am: |
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Yes leave the power supply on. The radio still draws some power for memories and a couple of other circuits when turned off. It is the removal of all power that is making the radio go thru a self test cycle.
Simon
Tech237
KD7IEB
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 4390
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 10:25 am: |
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I'm STILL unable to find a ft-180 VHF radio ..... |
Wendy
Intermediate Member
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 132
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 6:29 pm: |
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It's a Yaesu ft 180 2m
Whitedove/ unit 54
CEF#350
CEF HAM#232
CVC#33
KI4TCX
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 4391
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 8:33 pm: |
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hummmmm ..... look for a back up battery if it's bad it will dump memory |
Kirk
Intermediate Member
Username: Kirk
Post Number: 332
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 9:03 pm: |
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Bruce: I think she might mean "1802M"...you can kind of see where one could confuse the model number in the way that Yaesu named it. If this is the correct model, she needs 10amps@50 watt output which should be adequate for the power supply to deliver...assuming that the power supply IS supplying what it should be. Wendy you may want to try another supply if you have access to one or talk to the Company you bought it from. Hopefully you are still under warranty if the problem continues.-- |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 13279
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 9:17 pm: |
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Wendy, As mentioned above you may have the Yaesu 1802M.
The YAESU FT-180 HF transceiver is a solid state USB/LSB/AM crystal radio with 6 fixed-frequency channel positions and built in front panel speaker with rubberized control knobs.
It is 9-1/4" x 4" x 12"
Hope this help's,
Lon ~ Tech808 ~ N9CEF
CEF#808 ~ CEF HAM#33 ~ CVC#002
10-10 #61493 ~ 10-10 VP#2688
Tech808@copperelectronics.com
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Wildchild
Junior Member
Username: Wildchild
Post Number: 47
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 10:58 pm: |
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My FT 1802M pulls a tad bit over 9 amps @ 50 watts. The power supply that I use now is a 28 amp switching. I use to use a 15 amp supply and it handled it with no troubles. Wendy if its a net radio I would contact Yaesu and speak with their tech department mine don't do what your describing and i turn the power off on mine each night. |
Wendy
Intermediate Member
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 133
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 11:21 pm: |
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Yes I have the Yaesu 1802M transceiver. Tech 237 is absolutely correct. Leaving the power supply on at all times solves the problems I was having. I would have to get another power supply if I planned to run more than 25 watts. As long as it won't hurt anything I'll just leave the power supply on and just turn the radio off. Thank you for all your help and sorry about the confusion over the radio. I forgot Yaesu made another ft-180 transceiver.
Wendy
Whitedove/ unit 54
CEF#350
CEF HAM#232
CVC#33
KI4TCX
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Wendy
Intermediate Member
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 134
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 11:26 pm: |
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A friend is coming over sometime this week to see if he can help me get my antenna situation worked out. I should be able to get out a little better then. Wildchild do you turn the power off on the supply and the radio or just the radio?
Thanks Wendy
Whitedove/ unit 54
CEF#350
CEF HAM#232
CVC#33
KI4TCX
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 4392
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 6:06 am: |
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Something wrong I went and looked at the manual seems to me memory should not change when power is removed ........ |
Crackshot
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackshot
Post Number: 277
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 7:25 am: |
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I have an ft-1802 in my SUV.
They get very hot too. I have abused the heck out of mine driving it 149 degrees transmitting on long QSO's. No problems at all. They are tough radios.
CEF 655
HAM 225
ARRL Member
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Wildchild
Junior Member
Username: Wildchild
Post Number: 48
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 2:03 pm: |
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Yes Wendy I first turn the radio off at the switch on the radio then I turn off the power supply when I'm no longer going to talk . And yes they are tough little radios I have yet to use mine on full power for and length of time most of the talking I do on mine is at the low 1 or the low 2 setting. |
Wendy
Intermediate Member
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 135
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 4:47 pm: |
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I run mine on low 1 or Low 2 also. It was very easy to program. I've gotten good reports on my signal.
Whitedove/ unit 54
CEF#350
CEF HAM#232
CVC#33
KI4TCX
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Crackshot
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackshot
Post Number: 286
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 6:44 pm: |
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I just sold a FT-2800 because I have 2 of them.
The 2800 makes a killer base. I use a repeater vertical antenna 30 foot up. For local repeaters in town I run 5 watts. I run 10 watts mostly for repeaters 60 miles away and 25 watts I can hit them 100 miles away no problem. The 1802 and 2800 are my favorite radios.
KE7JFA
CEF 655
HAM 225
ARRL Member
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Wendy
Intermediate Member
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 136
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 8:25 pm: |
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I just called Yaesu and explained the problem to them. They said the radio is definately defective. Yaesu tech support said the battery back up is probobly the problem. I am going to get it replaced
on Friday.
Whitedove/ unit 54
CEF#350
CEF HAM#232
CVC#33
KI4TCX
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