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silverfox684

13th Jan 2020 11:55 am

Yaesu Fr-50b

Morning, any advice, before i switch on my Yaesu Fr-50b, dry stored a few years, in nice condiction.

Scimitar

13th Jan 2020 12:31 pm

Re: Yaesu Fr-50b

Quote:

Originally Posted by silverfox684 (Post 1207289)

Morning, any advice, before i switch on my Yaesu Fr-50b, dry stored a few years, in nice condition.

Nice cup of tea?

HamishBoxer

13th Jan 2020 1:01 pm

Re: Yaesu Fr-50b

You could run up through a Variac or lamp limiter.

silverfox684

13th Jan 2020 4:21 pm

Re: Yaesu Fr-50b

Yes i have a lamp limiter, dont want to make the same mistake i made a while back so ken to see if my R1155 worked just pluged it in, get smoke, i check around before applying power, i see they do capacitor replacement kits for some models, i will study the diagram then have a good look cheers,

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