FT 1000/ NO RECEIVE ON MAIN VFO

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VP9IN
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FT 1000/ NO RECEIVE ON MAIN VFO

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HI ALL, I HAVE A YAESU FT 1000 THAT WAS IN STORAGE FOR SOME TIME AND NOW I AM HAVING PROBLEMS RECEIVING THROUGH THE MAIN VFO, THE SUB VFO RECEIVES OK AS LONG AS I HAVE THE MAIN VFO TUNED TO THE SAME BAND, WHEN MAIN VFO IS TUNED TO ANOTHER BAND THE RECEIVE ON SUB VFO IS VERY LOW. I HAVE CHECKED THE TRANSMITTER POWER AND OUTPUT IS 220+ WATTS ON CW, HOWEVER I FOUND THAT IT IS NOT TRANSMITTING ON THE READOUT FREQUENCY, THE FREQUENCY READOUT IS READING 24.940 BUT USING ANOTHER RADIO I AM RECEIVING THE TRANSMISION ON 24.915. ALL LIGHTS AND BUTTONS APPEAR TO BE WORKING OK, AL I HEAR WHEN I TURN THE RX MIX TO MAIN IS A LOT OF CRAZY NOISE. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF ANYONE OUT THERE CAN HELP ME PINPOINT THIS PROBLEM. THANKS!! VP9IN....
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