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Yaesu FT-100 undocumented 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Compiled by PA3GMP. Printed 4 April 2004 

Summary of Contents for FT-100 Micro Mobile

Page 1: ...Yaesu FT 100 undocumented Compiled by PA3GMP Printed 4 April 2004...

Page 2: ...C 20 AUTOTUNER 24 FIRMWARE UPGRADES 25 KEYPAD FREQUENCY ENTRY 25 MANUAL REVISIONS 25 MEMORY PROGRAMMING 26 MIC ADAPTER 27 MIC BUTTONS 28 MICROPHONE MODIFICATION 29 MODIFICATION FOR OUT OF BAND TRANSMI...

Page 3: ...2 SWR METER INTERPRETATION 42 UP DOWN BAND SWITCHING 43 V U MESFET PRE AMP ADJUSTMENT 43 YAESU CONTACTS 44...

Page 4: ...t 3 mid only 17 DSP NR reduction level 7 1 16 18 DSP LPF high cut 6000 1000 6000 19 DSP HPF low cut 100 100 1000 20 BPF Width DSP CW filter 240 60 120 240 21 HF TX PO power 100 0 100 22 50M TX PO powe...

Page 5: ...0 2 0 5 63 RX USB CAR Carrier point 0 0 2 0 5 64 TX LSB CAR Carrier point 0 0 2 0 5 65 TX USB CAR Carrier point 0 0 2 0 5 66 5167 5 KHz Alaska emergency oFF oFF on USA only There is a second set of f...

Page 6: ...TX IF G 76 F25 3 5 TX IF G 69 F26 7 TX IF G 63 F27 10 TX IF G 63 F28 14 TX IF G 67 F29 18 TX IF G 71 F30 21 TX IF G 72 F31 24 TX IF G 72 F32 28 TX IF G 75 F33 50 TX IF G 104 F34 70 TX IF G 127 F35 14...

Page 7: ...6 F55 blank F56 blank F57 DESTINA HF USA JPN JAIA STD EU FRAN BEL GER USA AUS UT F58 DESTINA V U USA JPN USA EU1 EU2 EU3 EU4 AUS F59 blank...

Page 8: ...o higher That s it You should now have 100 Watts PEP on voice peaks which is 6 dB 4 times the un modulated carrier power Extra hints Set function F15 to 170 in order to avoid non linear compression on...

Page 9: ...d before reversing which can take a very long time Anytime it is not sitting right where it found a match all by itself it can end up starting out in the wrong direction next time Examples would be if...

Page 10: ...9 ATAS 100 Disassembly...

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Page 14: ...l slips into the body of the antenna where spring loaded contacts make the necessary connections At the base of the coil and rod is a Teflon disk that makes sliding contact with the inside of the tube...

Page 15: ...of the bottom of the boot then slide the boot upwards exposing the loading coil 10 Remove the remaining 6 screws on the antenna 11 Carefully slide up the loading coil which also removes the motor clu...

Page 16: ...ntenna Although there is no information available on the Yaesu website about the ATBK100 this US 90 kit is supposed to supply a ground plane for the 50 MHz 144 MHz and 430 MHz bands One owner responde...

Page 17: ...Listen on another radio The DCS code will be sent every 15 seconds and the CW ID will occur every 10 minutes Again use a tape recorder as the ID comes across at about 35 40 wpm I have a little recorde...

Page 18: ...U portions of the radio If you tune outside a normal ham HF band either accidentally or intentionally you ll notice that this band will now appear in a list of bands as you use the up down keys The s...

Page 19: ...e modification that has worked in every case The mod involves fixing the grounding in the coax sockets on LPF of the radio and a metal shield on the Main Unit A degradation in the LPF grounding can ca...

Page 20: ...19 After the factory mod...

Page 21: ...r Yaesu will fix this by mounting a thermal switch that bypasses the electronic fan control circuit The thermal mod is done on an as requested basis since Yaesu feels that keeping the fans off in V U...

Page 22: ...21 Prior to modification...

Page 23: ...22 Prior to modification...

Page 24: ...23 After modification...

Page 25: ...ping entirely FC 20 Autotuner The FC 20 auto tuner is available as an accessory for the FT 100 The FC 20 was designed specifically for the FT 847 and FT 100 and is intimately mated to them The FC 20 i...

Page 26: ...unit It uses a few of its serial pins to communicate with the main CPU FMI see the Fujitsu MB89P133PFM datasheet The display board has a 5 Mhz 80 pin 8 bit NEC microprocessor P N UPD78P054 and that co...

Page 27: ...few common difficulties in programming the memories The radio has a mode to allow rapid tuning through the memories by skipping unused memory locations This feature must be disabled to store frequenci...

Page 28: ...er of a short piece of wire with a cheap connector on both ends It might be cheaper to do it yourself In fact it is much cheaper Here s what you need to know The up down PTT switches are all connected...

Page 29: ...rent audio drive level This may be due to the fact that the mic you are trying to use has a relatively high output impedance as compared to the input impedance of the FT 100D This can result in the lo...

Page 30: ...assemble the mic case Set the MIC gain to about 55 and enjoy the excellent transmit audio that was previously limited by the plastic noise baffle The improvement is dramatic Note that most hams in Eu...

Page 31: ...e with the mod Set the dial frequency to 375 72727MHz You will need to use LSB USB or CW to get the last digits After you enter 375 72727Mhz press the MODE button to go back to FM Mode and turn the po...

Page 32: ...d out of band Frequency 100 50 10 0 MHz dBm W dBm W dBm W dBm W 432 43 3 21 4 39 3 8 5 33 5 2 2 30 8 1 2 145 47 1 51 3 43 2 20 9 37 4 5 5 35 2 3 3 50 49 7 93 3 45 1 32 4 42 5 17 8 35 0 3 2 28 50 0 100...

Page 33: ...32 Narda 40dB attenuator Power sensor range from 10MHz to 12Ghz All readings at 100 power on all bands Frequency MHz Output Watts 2 82 3 83 4 82 5 83 6 83 7 88 8 80 9 85 10 84 11 88 12 86 13 81 14 80...

Page 34: ...5 166 4 167 2 168 1 169 1 170 0 5 Frequency Watts 420 5 421 7 422 11 423 16 424 21 425 23 426 23 427 23 428 23 429 23 430 23 431 23 432 23 433 23 434 23 435 23 436 23 437 23 438 22 439 22 440 22 441...

Page 35: ...pole connectors which allows you to make up cables so that it s easier to interchange different brands of radios with various power supplies They also carry line filters to reduce alternator whine fro...

Page 36: ...ons A kit complete with cables and enclosure 25 39 assembled http www packetradio com PSK31 htm Rigblaster complete kit fully assembled 90 but not available with FT100 data connector http www westmoun...

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Page 38: ...using DUP memories FT 100 ARS automatic repeater shift might be activated for 2m and 70 CM bands separately ARS is default enabled for both bands When ARS is enabled any manual change to repeater offs...

Page 39: ...d environment such as a ham station and even meet the more stringent limits for an uncontrolled environment Combine that with the fact that the measurements were taken at 100W with 100 duty cycle and...

Page 40: ...for S9 then re calibrate the S meter mentally by remembering that above S5 the S reading is one S unit higher than actual and also that S9 20dB is actually S9 15dB S9 40 is S9 25 and S9 60 is S9 35 Th...

Page 41: ...is not designed for use with satellites several owners have reported moderate success in working satellites with it namely AO27 RS13 FO20 29 SO35 UO14 and even AO10 To work a satellite the rig must be...

Page 42: ...more flexibility in mounting the display microphone and external speaker There is also a plastic bracket to hold the display It has a quick release feature similar to the radio chassis but is not as...

Page 43: ...n 300 memory locations and if you intend to fill them all up be aware if you ever reset the radio they will be lost There are also no provisions for labeling the memory locations with alpha numeric la...

Page 44: ...not happen Also if you turn the squelch threshold knob fully clockwise the speaker remains muted but the busy LED and the S meter still indicate irregular intermittent and brief signal peaks This is c...

Page 45: ...er Street Cypress CA 90630 Phone 714 827 7600 Fax 714 827 8100 EMAIL ADDRESSES Amateur Sales amateursales vxstdusa com Amateur Tech Support amateurtech vxstdusa com Amateur Customer Service customerse...

Page 46: ...45 FT100 menu settings Entry Set to Description Remarks...

Page 47: ...46 FT100 menu settings Entry Set to Description Remarks...

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Page 51: ...50 Frequency list Freq Mode Memory Description...

Page 52: ...51 Frequency list Freq Mode Memory Description...

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Page 54: ...53 Frequency list Freq Mode Memory Description...

Page 55: ...54 Frequency list Freq Mode Memory Description...

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