From: tech@parts-link.net   
      
   This had bad finals, so no tx and the backup batt was low so replaced it and   
   new finals now the Tx is ok but noticed a sql problem.   
      
   Thought it may be data corruption so I got a Yaesu USB cableset to do the FW   
   upgrades to make them up to   
   date. Turns out there are (3) firmwares to update, all with their own   
   special   
   procedure:   
      
   1) Main   
   2) Panel   
   3) DSP   
      
   Since there is no DSP chip installed on the main, that FW   
   is not there to change, that took me some head scratching to figure out   
   with some help from Yaesu.   
      
   I can now hit a repeater with the proper PL but the sql problem is still   
   there.   
      
   In order to hear a noise floor, you have to set sql to zero, then press   
   txpwr button and changing power levels makes you hear the noise floor. You   
   can set sql to 1-8 and not hear noise which seems to indicate it works. If   
   you key the   
   repeater after setting sql, you will hear it respond back so you are left to   
   believe   
   its working, but when you go back several minutes later you can hit the   
   repeater but never   
   hear it respond. The txpwr button has to be hit again and that process   
   repeated but there is some sort of timeout   
   happening perhaps involving the Dx button which alows you to be able to be   
   active in   
   digital, FM and maybe another mode at the same time.   
      
   When I hit the Dx button, it dont seem to respond like the manual says it   
   should, and I hear the ant relay click once which I am not sure is normal.   
   Complex radio and it uses an SD card behind the detachable front panel for   
   "cloning" other   
   radios. If I remove the card, no difference so it dont seem to be altering a   
   default setting from   
   the reading of the card, tho on powerup is says "Reading SD" briefly.   
      
   There is another feature in the menu called : "extended sql" and at one   
   point I thought when I turned that off (by default it is on) the problem was   
   gone   
   but if you check for the problem within a certain time of pressing the txpwr   
   button it always seems to work for a while, then something seems to be   
   alteringthe rx mode I cant figure out....any help appreciated.   
      
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