Yaesu Ft-50 hard to turn on

So you used the power on MONI depress/ channel F4 method to reset the unit and it did not work?

all the beep is for is so people can tell when you are done transmitting. There should be a push knob or button or just a plain old knob that has R.B. printed next to it . Turn it off.

Yaesu offers the MH-34B4B Speaker Mic or the MH-37A4B Earphone Mic for the FT50 HT.





Speaker Mic (Heavy / Standard Duty)




Earphone Mic (Light Duty)


Any ham radio store should be able to obtain these - if they are still in production / stock by Yaesu. Ham Radio Outlet aka "HRO" has stores nationwide and can ship direct.

I hope this helps!

Hi,

Here you can see the schematics http://www.repeater-builder.com/yaesu-vertex-standard/ft-1500/ft-1500m-sch.pdf

The manual can be found on the Yaesu website, http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=106&encProdID=92FB2363C1E0B9EBC9D3479054E0120B&DivisionID=65&isArchived=1

Good luck,
Gerard

replace he keypad the carbon worn off

figured out how to solve this, with the radio off, push and hold both up and down scan buttons, while powering the radio on. This will fix the problem.

The FT-50R is an extended receive, but dual band (UHF & VHF) amateur transceiver. It is capable of transmitting between approximately 144Mhz - 148Mhz VHF and 430Mhz - 450Mhz UHF.

Typically, the radio will provide an audible warning whenever attempting to operate outside of its intended range(s). The manual has a section on maximizing battery life, and can be downloaded below:

http://www.radioamateur.eu/schemi/FT50_user.pdf

scotwho, I personally do not know the radio you are asking about, but I do have many years working with radios in troubleshooting. What I am guessing is, if the heatsink gets hot, then whatever is connected to the heatsink has shorted out. Two main parts come to mind here, and that's the audio chip, and the transmitter output final/chip. Possibly the main IC (brain) that controls most everything, but I doubt that. The radio needs to go to a repair shop that can troubleshoot the damage/ and find an answer as to why it occurred. A lot of times the factory's do not use heatsink compound when they assemble the units, and after an x amount of time the part/parts will fail. 10cents worth of heatsink compound can make a radio last a few years longer.
Probably not the answer you wanted but I hope this helps,, let us know. Mechanic