On Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 20:09 Joseph E. Rouillier III < [email protected]> wrote:
> All > > Thank you for taking your time to look at this issue. I have a Yaesu > VX-170 that I came across. Once I got it home I did a reset on the radio > to bring it back to factory defaults. Next I tried reading the radio from > Chirp, (Download from Radio). That fails no matter what I try it will not > download the file from the radio. > > The radio almost immediately shows error after pressing push to talk > seeing TX. and then in chirp I see Failed to communicate with radio: > Failed to read header (0) > > Attached is the Debug. > > Also just for testing I got a VX-170 file from a friend and tried to > download it to the radio also had errors. As soon as I get the radio into > RX Chip shows a error indicating Radio did not ack block at 0 the radio > screen never shows error it continues to show RX. > > See attached Debug.log file. > > Note I tested the cable to see if it was the problem borrowed a friends > cable as well, both cables same issue, and both cables successfully program > an FT-60 and my friend is able to read/write his VX-170 with his cable and > my cable and he sees the same errors as I do when trying my radio. > > I tested the jack with a speaker mic to make sure the jack seems to be > working correctly, speaker mic work fine can RX and TX. > > Finally in desperation I removed the battery and opened the little cover > under the battery and confirmed the radio was modded by someone removing > the 1 0 ohm resistor, and it looks like it only had 1 resistor as the 2nd > upper one looks to clean as if it was never there from the factors. I > believe the MOD is Expanded RX or TX I do not recall as I've never needed > to perform the mod was aware of it from researching the radio itself. > > Thanks for any assistance. Attaced is the debug file that should contain > both Download and Upload from Radio failures. >
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