Display problems....

I had the same problem, display now unreadable, replaced ribbon and
resoldered everywhere to no avail, now use FTBCAT

 

Dale

VK2TXX

 

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Bill Jones
Sent: Monday, 14 February 2011 9:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: {Disarmed} RE: [YaesuVR-5000] Display problems....

 

  



On 13 Feb 2011 at 12:58, Gerry Rolle wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Same problem. Yaesu's solution was around $250 for new display. Could not
> bring myself to pay that much.
> 
> Let me know if you folks come up with a cheaper solution.

I had the same problem too, a few years ago. Sent it back to Yaesu, and they
wanted even 
more than that, something like $400. The guy tried to tell me that my
receiver was 
struck by lightning, even though the problem occurred one column at a time
over a period 
of about 2 years. I kept using it until I had lost more than half the
columns, and 
couldn't read anything on the display. I keep hoping to find a broken one on
ebay I 
could buy for parts.
Several people have reported the same symptoms. A couple years ago, someone
posted 
about the same issue, saying something about re-seating one of the ribbon
cables (I 
think). I took mine apart, planning to re-seat everything, but got
distracted, and never 
did put it back together. Maybe this will inspire me to try. 

Bill Jones N3JLQ
Sweden Maine
[email protected] <mailto:wejones%40eskerridge.com> 
http://www.megalink.net/~wejones 

303rdBG page 
http://www.eskerridge.com/bj/303rdbg/wwii.html 



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