Yaesu frg-8800 mods 26mhz to 30mhz

[Gigioaka]

Hallo friends I have a yaesu fgr-8800 German version, it doesn't go un 26 mhz does anybody know how to modify it? Thank you in advance
73 IU3CKH Luigi

[lonee]

The German Version covers also nearly 30Mhz. 29,99something.
Mabe you have to do an aligment from Q15.
-> http://www.radiomanual.info/schemi/YAES ... 0_serv.pdf

[Gigioaka]

I read in other forums people write that it can modify just cutting a little metal bridge bu they don't specify where and is not write in the manual

[DF2JP]

Hello Luigi and André,

no Luigi is right, until the mid 80's receivers were only allowed to work up to 26 MHz with FTZ number.
This was also the case with Kenwood receivers. At that time, there were companies that converted these receivers to marine radio receivers and had them tested by FTZ... at horrendous prices, SeaService in Bochum comes to mind, but they are long gone.

I don't know how this was done at Yaesu, unfortunately I didn't find anything on the net.

73 Joe

[lonee]

? wie kann das? Ich hatte erst letzten Monat so ein Gerät vor der Nase.
Und das Teil ging jedenfalls bis >26Mhz. Es lief nämlich als RX auf 11m.
Im Manual steht auch der entsprechende Frequenzbereich.

Vor Allem würde mich das schon sehr wundern, denn der Kenwood R-1000, sowie der FRG-7700, gehen auch bis 30Mhz.
(Stehen beide noch hier, warum weiß ich allerdings auch nicht...Sinn macht es jedenfalls keinen.)
Und diese Geräte sind doch nicht jünger?
(wo ich gerade davon schreibe, bei dem 7700 steht drauf, dass dieser eine Filtermodifikation genossen hätte; weiß jemand worum es sich dabei handelt? Das Ding ist mir vor 4 Jahren einfach "zugelaufen")

Nowatt:
der Soka war doch baugleich mit dem FRG 8800.
Und der konnte es-> https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/yaesu_srg_8799.html
und der auch-> https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/yaesu_frg_8800.html

@Luigi, We discuss the Frequency range...

I found some new informations.... It seams that the device was delivers in 4 different Versions.
.

[DF2JP]

Das war so, dem normalsterblichen SWL war der Bereich von 26,1 - 30 MHz verwehrt. Einzige Ausnahme Funkamateure.

z. B.
http://www.shortwaveradio.ch/doku.php?id=de:icf-2001d

Das galt von 1983 - 1992. Die von Dir genannten Geräte sind älter.

Gerüchten zu Folge sollte damit der Empfang von "rundfunkähnlichen Aussendungen aus dem CB-Bereich" verhindert werden (kein Scherz oder Ironie)

73 Joe

[lonee]

Hier steht es auch.
Mindestens also 2 Versionen.->http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Ads/Spec ... 0-1985.pdf
Ich hatte eben irgend etwas von wegen "durchtrennen der Kabelbrücke" gelesen. Finde es aber nicht wieder.
Irgendwas im Zusammenhang mit Charly Hardt..

[Gigioaka]

Anyway friends I really don't believe yaesu make two different radio just for restricted use in Germany. I stayed 5 hour on internet to find a solution but nothing. Maybe is locked via CAT software?

[lonee]

I dont think so.
But I could not find the information which cable you have to cut. I red something about that it ist necessary to cut these cable or remove a jumper to get full range up to 30Mhz.

[Gigioaka]

In this board near q15 there isn't any bridge to cut

[13CT925]

Hier steht es auch.
Mindestens also 2 Versionen.

4 Versionen:
- bis 26Mhz
- bis 30Mhz
- bis 26Mhz und UKW-Konverter 144-146Mhz
- bis 30Mhz und UKW-Konverter 118-174Mhz

Wenn in die 26Mhz-Version nachträglich der UKW-Konverter eingebaut wird, muss da unbedingt so gemacht werden, das nur 144-146Mhz
geht, um zuverlässig dem Scheiterhaufen entgehen zu können...so zumindest damals die Vorschrift vom FTZ....

[Gigioaka]

Sorry I don't understand, you mean: If I have the converter to go to 144 the radio go only to maximum 26 mhz ? What is PTZ?

[lonee]

FTZ was a kind of "stamp" or sticker and means a legal Receiver for everyone at that Time.
A a law of the German government and, for example, every legal CB-tranceiver has to have such FTZ-Number.
-> History of FTZ. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernmelde ... Zentralamt

It was not allowed zu receive the 10 Band without a ham-licence. Also not outside of the 2m Band.
(In the Area of the 4m Band was the communication frequencies of police and so on, and it was also not allowed "to here" there.)

I think, that is basically just ONE device with up to 30Mhz.
Then the limited version with just up to 26Mhz (FTZ)

The other point is the konverter in its 2 versions.

Sorry Luigi, I can´t tell you where you can find the "jumper" or "jumperwire". I just find that it must something like that into the 8800.
I find also some comments that there must be a description about that into the original User Manual. But I can't confirm it though.

It could be, that this information ist noch so much groundless, because the Frequenz expansion of my FT-757GXII was also described into the manual.
Do you have the original Manual?

Edit:
Here in the forum is a User named Patrick, Nick Dr. Schiwago. He had done the mod in 2009.

[Gigioaka]

Thanks for all this info unfortunately there is nothing write in the manual, I try to write to this om but hi does not answer.

[DF2JP]

Hi Luigi,

I asked in a SWL.forum, here is the answer:

Hello,
first remove the upper cover.
On the then visible PLL board there are 3 square pins (approx. 2 cm long) next to each other.
Two of them are probably connected to each other, which causes the 26.1 MHz frequency limit.
Disconnect this connection (best to pinch all pins), then the FRG-8800 can be tuned up to 29.9999 MHz.

73, Jürgen DF5TY

73 Joe