Not sure if on this or contest mailing list, but some time back
somebody had posted comment that Yaesu no longer has
any of some unique component - the CPU? - for FT-1k.
I have already lost a low level driver transistor in my FT-847
that was sole source & discontinued - not something I
would have thought of as being especially unique.
This ultimately is what determines the useable life span of
consumer electronic products - perhaps is somewhat
intentional "planned obsolescence", as eventually it will
result in the purchase of something to replace what
otherwise should be able to be fixed.
73, VR2BrettGraham
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