JI1FGX/DU9 Mindanao, Philippines Amateur Radio Diary IOTA OC-130
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Diary of Life in Mindanao

09/12/16 Radio shop in Cebu, C5
09/12/15 diesel generator
09/12/13 Construction of Pipe Towers
09/12/06 2m repeater tour
09/12/05 Eve and Christmas Party
09/12/05 XYL and GiGi Class C Exams
09/11/30 RCS-10 Antenna Switcher Modification
09/11/21 DU9XO and eyeballs
09/11/20 eyeball QSO
09/11/20 General Meeting of PARA
09/11/19 To Manila for PARA's 77th Annual Meeting
09/11/18 Planning a DX Vacation
09/11/18 Planning a DX Vacation
09/11/17 controller of 2mFM repeater
09/11/15 Idling stop device made with AVR
09/11/14 Luggage, baluns, etc. from Japan
09/11/12 Postal Conditions in the Philippines
09/11/11 Lotlot-kun Antenna Building
09/11/09 144MHz Repeater Production Study
09/11/09 Request for Support
09/11/08 18MHz installation for EU completed
09/10/06 CWGet
09/10/28 Amplifier Eye
09/10/27 7MHz band extension modification
09/10/15 Car air conditioning repair
09/10/15 Balang arrives.
09/10/14 Split as the called party
09/10/14 Damage from Typhoon Manila
09/10/13 Arrival of filters from Japan
09/10/08 RTTY at 14 MHz
09/10/04 18MHz Antenna for Europe
09/09/26 CQWW RTTY Contest
09/09/25 birthday party
09/09/24 3.5MHz inverted V antenna
09/09/24 14M3EL Emergency Repair
09/09/22 Second 18MHz 3EL
09/09/21 Harvested rice
09/09/20 Communication with FT5GA
09/09/16 Handbook of PARA
09/09/15 FT5GA
09/09/13 Antenna for field operation
09/09/09 Pileups begin abruptly.
09/09/06 IOTA OC-235 Camiguin Island
09/09/03 CW Interface
09/08/30 antenna group
Aug. 27, 2009 Tower View
Aug. 26, 2009 18MHz 3-ele yagi installation completed
Aug. 24, 2009 Completed installation of 14MHz 3-ele yagi
Aug. 23, 2009 Correction of 18MHz Yagi
Aug. 20, 2009 144MHz 3-stage collinear
09/08/19 Adjustment of 14 MHz antenna
09/08/17 DV8UTP comes into play.
09/08/16 Coconut tower
09/08/13 14 MHz antenna
09/08/09 NHK WORLD shortwave broadcasting
09/08/07 Suzuki Light Truck
09/08/06 tower
09/08/05 hardware store
Jul. 31, 2009 FT-1000MP arrives.
09/07/25 Friends in Mindanao
Jul. 20, 2009 Antenna fabrication for 18MHz
09/07/19 Antenna for 144 MHz
09/07/14 Electronic Components Store
09/07/10 50 MHz antenna
09/07/09 Farm house and pigsty
09/07/02 CQ CQ CQ!
09/06/10 House construction and completion
09/05/29 Amateur Radio Antenna
09/05/28 Home construction and room conditions
09/05/01 Home construction and room conditions
09/04/17 rice harvesting
09/04/15 Rice harvesting soon
09/03/09 Home construction and room conditions
09/03/05 House building and electrical work
09/03/02 Go to Cagayan
09/02/28 Street corner scenery
09/01/19 Building a house and foundation
JI1FGX/DU9 Mindanao DiaryFT-847 7MHz band extension modification(2009/10/27)
I had an FT-847 sent from Japan, but when I tried to ONAIR the extended 7.100MHz to 7.200MHz, an error occurred and I could not transmit!
I asked YAESU about it, and they said, "Please send them back to Japan.They just say, "We can't deal with this outside the country.

On the Internet, the "IFT-847 7MHz modificationI found a lot when I searched for the key word "\".
(1) Remove the top and bottom covers and turn the radio upside down
2) There is a button-type battery near the power connector
(3) Replace tip #4 near it with tip #2.
4) ALL reset [FAST]+[LOCK]+power switch ON

The FT-847 will now be able to extend all bands including HF and transmit at 7 MHz!

Modifications are at your own risk.
Please note that I will not be held responsible for any modifications you make to this product that stop it from working.
I have been using the computer too much lately and my early presbyopia makes it hard for me to see fine details, so I asked Lotlot to help me out.
They're familiar with it because they do chip component removal and installation all the time with cell phone mods.
In addition, I found information that the 50W output of the FT-847M HF band and 50MHz can be converted to 100W output, so I only modified that as well.

This is the upper shield plate with the speaker attached, remove the 12 screws
When I warned Lotlot, "Don't drop the screw in," he dropped the screw in the middle of the front.

This guy does not disappoint at all.
The modification point is here. It is still located near the power connector.
Remove each of the three small chip parts connected to VR3004, VR3005, and VR3006
Actually, this chip is a dummy that is open (the chip connected to VR3002 and VR3003 is zero-ohm)
Jumper the removed part with a thin wire or zero-ohm tip
There was no manual on modifications, but I found an Internet site calledFT-847 vr3005You can find some information by searching on
Some purges were explained in Japanese.

From the search results, you can find the "FT-847%20Technical%20Supplement-1.pdfYou can refer to the following manuals by looking for

However, I did not bring a dummy load to Mindanao, so I did not go through the adjustment process this time.
After the modification, there are also some adjustments to the PO display in the alignment menu, but we will not explain them here.

The output adjustment here is even riskier than the 7 MHz band extension modification because it requires analog adjustment.

Modifications are at your own risk.
Please note that I will not be held responsible for any modifications you make to this product that stop it from working.




October 15, 2009   October 28, 2009