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[@86casimir]

Another great explanatory video. As I own an FTDX 3000 recently, the day I would have this breakdown I would know what to do. Thanks again for sharing. Joel👍

[@kingsqueak2221]

I wouldn't call it lucky, it's purely because you do such a methodical and thorough job, logically troubleshooting from beginning to end. It's a great lesson to people not to skip steps in a path.

[@davidschoenwald516]

What is the FTDX 3000 bandwidth on AM?

[@kingsqueak2221]

@@davidschoenwald516 AM is double the audio passband the rig will handle and the 3000 I believe will yield just shy of 3kHz possibly 4kHz, so that would be between 6-8kHz total in AM mode. Most modern HF rigs are around 6Khz on AM, with just a few that go to 8 and old tube boat anchors and SDR rigs can go much wider with most people running 5kHz of audio for 10kHz total width.

[@donalfinn4205]

Master class. No luck involved here, just master class. I know very little about electronics but I do enjoy being shown how these faults are hunted down methodically. As well, we are brought through the diagnosis step by step and Peter makes it look so simple. It’s no good hiding, if Peter is on your case he’s going to find you!👍

[@rscelectrical7091]

Just re - watching Peters videos, it always makes me smile when I hear the sound of wonder in his voice when he cured a fault. He really never realised or admitted how good he actually was.

[@Darryl603]

Is Peter okay?

[@rscelectrical7091]

@@Darryl603 : Hi Darryl, unfortunately I haven't heard or been able to find out anything. I got no reply from Buddy, who Peter seemed to be in contact with and Mike dropped off the radar around about the same time as Peter. Hopefully Peter is ok but we may never know.

[@Darryl603]

@@rscelectrical7091 I pray he's alright and thanks for your reply. Be safe my friend...

[@rscelectrical7091]

@@Darryl603 : Your more than welcome my friend, I've messaged buddy again to see if he can shed some light & will update this if I hear anything back from him. You stay safe out there too & have a good weekend: Andy

[@rscelectrical7091]

@@Darryl603 : Hi Darryl, just had a reply from Buddy at the radio shop. Apparently Peter is ok and keeping really busy but has decided not to make any more videos and leave KZbin. That's sad news & I for one certainly miss his style and humour. Regards

[@Electrolab28Ag]

Peter I really appreciate how to take the time to go through the circuit diagram and show us the trouble-shooting procedure. You explain it so well. You should be a teacher. I have learn so much form your videos. Thank for sharing your knowledge.

[@TRXLab]

Thank you! Very glad that you liked it

[@TheRadioShop]

Great troubleshooting Peter. That one could really have been a tough one. Shows just how good you are! Thank you for sharing.

[@TRXLab]

Thanks for the kind words Buddy!!

[@nrd515]

Nice video. Over the years, I've learned a big weak spot on ham rigs seems to be the plugs not being soldered correctly to PC boards. I had an Icom rig that had endless bad solder joints on it and I spent a lot of time looking for bad components and not getting much of anywhere, and then noticing the solder joints on the plugs didn't look too good. I reflowed almost every joint in it and got it working 100% eventually. Many other rigs had fewer bad joints, but the plugs were where most all of them were located.

[@w.rustylane5650]

Great job, once again, Peter. Quality control during production seems to affect some products. Just glad it wasn't a design flaw. Just goes to show ya, ya have to check everything including the wiring. If it is not a component, then it must be something else. 73 from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee

[@johngulliver6151]

Another very interesting video, great detective work poor quality connectors. Thanks for posting Peter

[@TRXLab]

Thank you John

[@captlarry-3525]

more like a fault in how the robot soldered the board

[@waynethompson8416]

Wasn't luck....was your Talent and Experience! Great Job!!!

[@n0oer]

7300. I love it. Matt did a r great job of going over the and it functions. Keep up the great job. 73 N0OER Ks

[@edpetrovski6640]

Sehr gut gemacht. Nach meiner Erfahrung sind Steckverbinder eine Hauptursache für Probleme. (Translation...very well done. In my experience connectors are a prime source of problems.) 73.

[@dougn7bfs]

Though it may appear that your re-flowing of the connection to the board solved the problem. I would say it may have actually been the removal of the ribbon cable from the connector and re-connecting it which 'reformed' the ribbon cable and allowed it to mate properly to the connector. If you had removed and reseated the ribbon cable you may have had similar results. I say this mostly because I have worked on other Yaesu radios that use the same connector and ribbon cable type and have had to replace ribbon cables because the plastic in the cable deforms and causes an open connection to it's mating connector. Great job of tracing the control voltages and troubleshooting Peter, excellent video! 73 Doug N7BFS

[@auralharmony1]

I owned a storefront audio/video repair shop for 20 years looking for the most simple problem first can save a lot of time. De-Ox-It spray is an amazing product that I have trusted for years. It is sometimes the problem solver for gremlin problems like connections.

[@TRXLab]

Hi Doug, you might be right in cases like this you'll never be 100% sure if it is the one or the other...Thanks for comment 73

[@rickkennard8027]

Miss these videos. You do such a good job. Would love to see more. Hope all is well with you

[@loydsa]

As a fellow ham myself (G7TXR) I am somewhat uncomfortable with hoping other ham's transceivers let the magic smoke out but without this how can Peter keep making such excellent video's :-) Regards to all Sarah

[@TRXLab]

Yeah you are right Sarah but electronic devices will fail so what ever we do we cant change it :^) Thanks for feed back

[@26tm9999]

All that money for a radio and a bad solder joint was the problem. Wow really enjoyed this video thanks for sharing, brilliant.

[@TRXLab]

Thanks for watching

[@johnc3403]

Every piece of kit has a set of known issues, believe me, I fix stuff for a living. And this is a know issue with the FTdx3000. The standard fix for this is to reseat both ends of the ribbon cable. 9 times out of 10 that is the fix for no frequency display and no button operation. I would certainly try that before resoldering anything. All the same, it's good to see your troubleshooting skills are still up to speed Peter. It really is a dieing art! ..for anyone interested, the Yaesu FTdx3000 group has a lot of info and examples about this fault.

[@TRXLab]

Hi John, sure every radio has issues in any series at any time. Unfortunately I do not get al service bulletins as I'm not a certified service centre for yaesu. Are you working for yaesu or are you working for a certified Yaesu hub. Thanks for comment

[@w9x7cv3vg6]

i got a display problem..not sure if it was in the radio as new or caused by first owner just weeks ago..messing around in ham radio deluxe or pushin knobs etc…the freq readout gets added characters like a u in between plus all the modes get lit up even though the rig might be on lsb or usb or the actual mode..any ideas ? where is the users group at.thanks

[@montygore]

Peter should be known as TRX Genius.

[@TRXLab]

lol Thank you

[@larrytruesdellsr.809]

Fantastic! I wouldn't call it lucky because you narrowed it down. Thank you so much for the great lesson. Funny what you can accomplish with just a multimeter.

[@robertopetagna]

Fantastic troubleshooting and impressive clear explanation about each steps, thanks a lot for your passion and patient to share it, it remembers me how electronic I've studied is cool! Thanks again

[@richardcook4643]

Great methodical troubleshooting. I've bought many expensive radios dirt cheap and found bad solder joints and bad thru holes. Thanks Peter. 73

[@TRXLab]

Thanks Richard

[@raymanicaros2734]

Hi i love a man with knowledge an patience.. Wish we had a tech like you here In Tauranga n. Zealand your just so. Through ray

[@idahosagebrush5662]

Great job. Maybe you should have bought a lottery ticket that day! Looking at that interconnect diagram made me wonder if any of the Yeasu engineers used to work for Kenwood and had a hand in the Kenwood TS-940...LOL... I'm now working on two 940s. My new FTDX-3000D should be here Monday. Thanks for showing us how easy they are to repair!🙂

[@OleF112]

Fine work, Peter. Always a pleasure to watch, and it all lturned good, no IC soldering mess et cetera. The important part was to show how to follow the schematics, and it brought you soon in the right direction. Thats no luck, but knowledge over time...experience! 73 de Olaf

[@TRXLab]

Thanks Olaf, yes it turned out be not a mess :-) 73

[@GeorgeWMays]

So cool. It is always a delight to watch the other guy (you) do all the work. Thanks for the video.

[@TRXLab]

LOL is it useally you who is working? :^)

[@edwardabel5061]

Enjoyed your video, and look forward to more. Also thanks for reminding us not to assume anything during a troubleshooting session.

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

I figured it would be somewhere between the boards, I was calling it in the ribbon cable (rc), bad solder joint at the rc connector. I had a problem with my FT-950, had to take the front off and was dumbfounded by how short some of the cables are, engineers are so confident of their designs they don't think of the poor tech who has to fix the thing.

[@bblod4896]

Great detective work. Poor quality control for such an expensive transceiver. Thanks for the video.

[@TRXLab]

Thanks for watching

[@vk5jajay147]

Not an expensive rig by any means. But yes, very poor build quality..

[@jonharris3906]

Modern Yaesus sadly.

[@douro20]

@@jonharris3906 I wonder, does the Hasegawa family even control Yaesu anymore?

[@MrTPF1]

I oversaw the maintenance of all electronic gear on three different USN ships. I cannot tell you how many times my technicians "fixed" complex problems with $50,000 pieces of comm gear by resetting ribbon cables and connectors.

[@johncundiss9098]

I have been thinking of getting a 3000. But one of my worries was that the display was OLED display such like in the FTDX 5000 that grow very dim over time. Nice to know if it does go bad it is a easy fix. Thanks for video.

[@ElmerFuddGun]

I would go for it. My 3000 has been great and without any problems. One of the best receivers out there too.

[@TRXLab]

No worries the FT-DX 3000 is a good radio and value for money!

[@enigmarbs2886]

Hallo Peter, It was not luck, it's called experience. You solved so much problems in the past... Thanks for sharing ! 73's Stefan

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Stefan very kind! 73

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

Thanks Peter! It is not luck, it is habit learned by experience. It is just natural with a lot of experience to observe solder joints.

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Robert

[@PapasDino]

Super job Peter! Great way to spend a Sunday afternoon following along with your troubleshooting!

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Dino really glad that you like it 73

[@NivagSwerdna]

High density ribbon cables have always frightened me... now I know I wasn't paranoid. Well done.

[@TRXLab]

LOL yeah scary especially when they are from bad quality ..

[@jenniferlachance351]

Thank you, Peter! Lucky, maybe. Sometimes we make our own luck! Your approach to problem solving removes luck from the equation! Thanks again!!

[@fernandoscrenci9555]

Nice investigation into the real situation, Peter!! 👍🔍

[@jonka1]

A very enjoyable journey through your fault finding. With hindsight I suppose pressing the boards might have found the bad joint but this would not have been so interesting to watch. I have found unsoldered joints in wave soldered boards which must have been making contact when tested in the factory.

[@TRXLab]

well it is not so easy as there was not hint in advance that it could be a loose connection no complaint about intermittent back light....so you have to start somewhere...

[@hectorpascal]

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" "You know my methods. Apply them" "Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth" Sherlock Holmes in "The Sign of the Four"

[@lucabenatelli9672]

Hello, my ftdx3000 left bottoms stay on when turn off, and relays sound different during off, after full rest too.

[@alberttatlock5237]

First thing any technician would do is go straight to the ribbon connector, years of experience tells you the first logical place to look, when a customer is paying for a repair, the technicians task is to repair quickly a properly. Same goes with an auto technician, first thing a customer wants to know is how long it's going to take and how much its going to cost. This is a 30 minute job.. uk cost approx £17.50, or you can have someone looking at it for 3 hours getting the same results and the repair bill would be £105..

[@auralharmony1]

I owned a storefront audio/video repair shop for 20 years looking for the most simple problem first can save a lot of time. De-Ox-It spray is an amazing product that I have trusted for years. It is sometimes the problem solver for gremlin problems like connections.

[@danmyster11]

I don't think it was luck at all, experience told you that the solder point was bad so you knew exactly which one to reflow. I went to school for electronics but I never was very good at troubleshooting you make it look easy. Keep up the good work!

[@TRXLab]

Thank you

[@MrKelendros]

Fantastic troubleshooting video as always Peter. I appreciate the time you invest explaining every step and the logic behind to follow the path on measurements. Really Thx very much.

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Carlos 73

[@bobs152]

Another great video Peter. I have been a tech for 40+ years, and still love the hunt for the answer to the problem. Great fun...

[@TRXLab]

Yeah I know what you mean Bob it is never boring

[@rollinhand4750]

Peter did you verify the resorder pin was for DIM 1 or DIM2 ,culd be just a dirty ribbon cable/connector. thaks for posting

[@TRXLab]

It was the pin for Display 2 unit...

[@kevinaponte7078]

I have the same radio I really enjoy it but for some reason the USB and rs232 ports do not function at all not really sure ware to start with the trouble shooting

[@gerrytrouse4074]

Great troubleshooting, great detective work ,interesting video

[@Homer19521]

Great to hear the joy in your voice, Peter. Nice job, after having a couple of very difficult attempts on prior vids. Thank you. -Bob

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Bob!

[@carvaliomarc]

Happens to me all the time! With LVDS cable in LCD panels TV. Hi from Brazil! SEMP TCL repair shop Goiânia, GO. Nice job, congratulations.

[@TRXLab]

yes you are right we all have very often issues with cheap ribbon cables. Thanks for comment

[@VOLKZZORN]

Top Peter wieder was gelernt 👍🏻

[@earlrichardet2102]

Its funny Peter, when you suggested that you had found a dodgy connection on one of the ribbons, I actually thought, "oh good he's found the problem".. And then you tested the Radio and voila, it was fixed. Too funny. Nice troubleshooting though. Cheers VE7QJ

[@TRXLab]

LOL yeah some times we are quick. Thanks for watching

[@Mentorcase]

When you took the front off and I saw the ribbon cables I thought you would have pulled all the cables out and cleaned the cables and sockets, by my experience with large printers that's what I have found a few times to be the problem, except in my case they were traveling cables.

[@TRXLab]

Well the quality of ribbon cables is in general not very good so we avoid to pull them as long it is not necessary for the repair...

[@daque1960]

I think that radio came out in 2003. I'm not sure when that one was built but if it's an older one would you still call it a quality issue if it lasted for over 10 years?

[@TRXLab]

No it came out 2013 or 2014 so not that old by now...After 10 years+ I would not call it quality issue.

[@daque1960]

TRX Bench I must be thinking of an older model, probably closer to the Yaesu FT-1000MP. My error. I repair pagers all day and solder joints on surface mount connectors are a very common failure on them. I enjoy your videos. Thank for posting them.

[@rscelectrical7091]

Excellent logical troubleshooting as usual Peter 😎

[@binarybox.binarybox]

Good logical fault finding. Those bus-type schematics can be time consuming. Maybe the rig worked at the factory and vibration in transit caused the fault on the dodgy ribbon conn. Every confidence in you, Peter. 8-)

[@TRXLab]

The rig was working for a long time until it quit.. Thanks for watching

[@w9x7cv3vg6]

TRX.. i got a display readout problem…might be something like this but if i could upload a picture here…then u could see what pops up after awhile on..

[@kellingc]

Good lesson in troubleshooting. Thak you for showing this.

[@paulhawk8277]

If it was working prior to going out...first thing I would have checked is the ribbon cables,as,sometimes after work or mars mod on radio,ribbons get damaged or not plugged back in properly...which if damaged or not plugged back in properly,will knock out certain functions on the radio....

[@TRXLab]

no the radio has never been opened before so no damaged ribbon cable and by all the ribbons back and forth where will you start?

[@andrewgonzalez9620]

What a let down at not being able to see the actual repair. You are very detailed and explain very well. Perhaps next time you will film everything you do and edit in or out as necessary.

[@johnnybgood6255]

I enjoyed watching this video thanks. Have you ever come across a FT DX3000 that wont power up when the on/off is operated thanks.

[@hancecrawford]

Peter great fault finding work electronics are funny from time to time we get surprises now and again well done my friend :)

[@willhelmx8388]

Yeah Peter, those ribbons sometimes drive you crazy... like the TS-2000 with the little blue strips :-):-) Nice detektive work 73´s /A

[@stephenmoore2754]

I really enjoyed this video. As an Ftdx-3000 owner, it caught my eye. Great find on the cable. Did you examine the cable for corrosion before reinstalling it, although it sure looks like a solder proplem. We will probable see more of that as we move away from lead solder. You make it look easy as you explain what you are doing, but after some 30 years in the business I know that things are not so simple. This was a great repair job. I would be interested in a video about your shop and equipment, and your background as a repair technician. I enjoy your videos. Again. Great work!

[@TRXLab]

inspection that is why I have taken off the ribbon cable . The cable was fine...Well yes for beginners it looks sometimes easy until they start to collect own experiance but that is the way it works...Thanks for comment.

[@LeeKirkman88]

Brilliant fault finding very good stuff.

[@gamlemann53]

Not everybody could find this foult Peter! This video shows how good skills you have, and experience! Very Nice video! I learned a lot! The best from LB1NH Arild.

[@TRXLab]

Thanks for feed back Arild! 73

[@mikefinn2101]

nice video yes I learn so much thanks

[@fredskalski3601]

Thank you again Peter for a great video. How you traced the problem thru the Yaesu, was very informative and entertaining. A great way to learn troubleshooting. 73, Ski-WB8YXI

[@TRXLab]

Glad that you liked it Fred Thanks for watching 73

[@johncartwright6395]

Just thinking about it, you sound an awful lot like an old Calculus Professor from my old college days. Ah! Nostalgia!

[@ralph9987]

Kaufen oder nicht empfehlungswert?

[@mikenavarro7766]

Wish he was in the states, need AMP repair.

[@philippe5394]

Your name is Holmes, Sherlock Holmes!!! Nice troubleshouting, very pleasant to follow.

[@TRXLab]

LOL very nice thank you Philippe!

[@Grumpy_Cyborg]

You make me laugh! You always sound so surprised and happy when you fix something. Life is is good when you enjoy your work.... Great videos.....

[@TRXLab]

Yepp that is when you love what you are doing :-)

[@whitefordpipeshandmadebymi7238]

Right on I enjoyed trouble shooting along with you haha that was fun ! Good job 😊 take care! 73 de ve3hip in welland Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@ianslee8968]

Good checking mate. After watching this I was able to fix my mates radio in ten minutes. Cheers radio guru.

[@TRXLab]

Ah very good news...Thanks for feed back

[@waynethompson8416]

Super video Peter! Really do appreciate your talent, expertise, thought process, and explanations. One question though, it may be a trick of the camera, sometimes when it comes to light the camera "sees" a greater intensity than the human eye, which means that what I think I saw may not been the case, but it appeared that on VFO A that BOTH the RX Green light AND the TX Red light were on at the same time. This doesn't seem to be right to me...were they both on, or was it just looking that way?

[@AmishSpecialForces]

Wayne Thompson , that's normal on the FT-DX3000. It means you're receiving and transmitting on the same VFO. You can switch it to VFO B to either receive or transmit so you can work split.

[@ictrepairs6963]

I really like to follow you in such a fault hunting trip... Good job Peter! You really rock ;-)

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Luigi!

[@michael_pa4mic]

This kind of problems are introduced with rohs compliance, since this I see this more and more. Nice find Peter, thanks for it!

[@TRXLab]

ROHS mad things not easer that is for sure..

[@DJTonyCMP3]

Hi Peter hope all is well but not seen any posts from you quite a while

[@fredfabris7187]

Awesome video! I’ve said it before but thanks for the step by step with schematic! I Liked the tests with your resistors!

[@johnbellas490]

Another good find Peter!! display issue fixed by just reflow of a solder joint to a ribbon connector pin !! Thanks once again for a great video !! John Bellas KC2UVN

[@TRXLab]

Thanks for watching John

[@lyntonprescott3412]

Another great video Peter. You are so logical and thorough. So much time for one little connection. Should have been noted at the factory, or maybe they are rushing to build the radio? 73.

[@TRXLab]

Thanks for feed back Lynton

[@masterfranco01]

Great repair Peter, thanks for the very clear trouble shooting video.

[@TRXLab]

Thank you

[@tonyhwang3888]

Thank you for your demonstrating how to TS problem like this. 73,

[@AJ-wj9ij]

Very informative detailed information where do you get circuit schematic from will help me in my repairs a lot thanks

[@TRXLab]

msx of them are on the net simply search for it...

[@drinaz4070]

Thanks for the good video. From where do/did you get the factory schematics? I have several Yaesu transceivers and would like to have the schematics...

[@TRXLab]

almost all schemas are on the web simply search for it

[@bundylovess]

Nice job peter big thumbs up 👍

[@johncartwright6395]

Ausgeseichnet! Es arbeitet!!!

[@butreskanal812]

You are good and this video really helpfull

[@alastairchestnutt6416]

very interesting troubleshooting video. Thanks

[@TRXLab]

Thanks for watching

[@alanbean305]

Thanks Peter, I always learn something when I watch your video's. Alan

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Alan

[@mikeburch2998]

I don't think luck had much to do with it. It was clearly excellent troubleshooting skills.

[@TRXLab]

Thanks Mike

[@juniorocicat9573]

New Yaesu radios will come with.a torch....LOL. Go Icom.

[@TRXLab]

Trouble with ICOM is much higher than with Yaesu...

[@spuddyspud8178]

Nice one Pete.

[@HamRadioConcepts]

Hi Peter. Love your knowledge. It would be awesome if you could fix my FT450, and make a video on "I fixed Eric's radio" HAHA.

[@W-733_KWX]

Great job Peter and thank you for taking the time to share. Moreover, and that also is appreciated, not everybody speaks German, and that should be a habit of everybody, as You Tube is a worldwide internet site, it is (for you too) obvious English language is to be used. Thanks again my friend ! 73 ! (oh ! and who's the 11 morons disliking this video?)

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Christophe very much appreciated! 73

[@111111111Tiger]

excellent job !

[@TRXLab]

thanks

[@errolmehmet7521]

I have the same problem with my dx3000 but i have a power loss as well as the vfo display do you think this could be a similar problem possible related in some way mine is intermittent

[@errolmehmet7521]

would be nice to get some kind of reply to my question if you think you can spare a minute 🤔

[@ianharling9569]

Well done Peter👍Amazing work!!

[@TRXLab]

Thanks Ian

[@boxingday11]

Thanks Peter for your upload, always look forward to seeing your videos. Best regards,Carl.

[@TRXLab]

Thank you Carl

[@paulhastings3109]

You are amazing. Enjoy watching

[@psionl0]

Even if you got a bit of luck at the end, it was still brilliant detective work to find that dry joint.

[@TRXLab]

Thank you