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Phil G4SPZ · 9th Oct 2018, 11:20 pm

Hi Jon. Many thanks. I actually think the build quality is perfectly good; cramped and awkward to work on, true, but definitely not poor quality. These sets must have sold in their millions and a lot of them have survived, so they can't be that bad!

As a postscript to this saga, I have discovered today that the 'Electric Handbag FT290 Group' on Yahoo has some good quality images of the component and print sides of the PCB that will hopefully save someone a lot of time in future repairs:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/...bag/info?tab=s

9th Oct 2018, 11:20 pm	#3
Phil G4SPZ Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 4,748	Re: Yaesu FT290R Mk I (1983) - squelch fault repaired Hi Jon. Many thanks. I actually think the build quality is perfectly good; cramped and awkward to work on, true, but definitely not poor quality. These sets must have sold in their millions and a lot of them have survived, so they can't be that bad! As a postscript to this saga, I have discovered today that the 'Electric Handbag FT290 Group' on Yahoo has some good quality images of the component and print sides of the PCB that will hopefully save someone a lot of time in future repairs: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/...bag/info?tab=s __________________ Phil Optimist [n]: One who is not in possession of the full facts Last edited by Phil G4SPZ; 9th Oct 2018 at 11:24 pm. Reason: Hyperlink added