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I know this is an old thread but if anyone checks in I have a question. I got the VX-8DR and played around with it for a few days. Worked great. I decided to do the mod. Used a fine tip soldering iron and got the SMD resistor off. Did the microprocessor reset and powered on. Could TX on all the bands as expected on VFO A and VFO B.

However there was one issue. VFO A RX seems to have been messed up. I just get low static on just about any frequency. I have some bubble pack FRS/GMRS radios so I tuned both VFO A and VFO B to 462.5625 (FRS Ch1). I set the VX-8DR into mono mode with VFO A. I could TX and hear my test on the FRS. Same with VFO B. I then tested TX from the FRS radio and I could hear just fine my "test test" on VFO B, however when I switched to VFO A the green LED for RX was lit up but I couldn't hear my words just the low static I mentioned before.

I wanted to test in another band so I tried tuning both VFO's to 162.550 (my local NOAA WX station). I can hear the transmission perfectly with VFO B but it's just static in VFO A. Just as I test I tried changing the MODE and I was shocked when I could hear a faint transmission of the WX broadcast when the mode was AM not NFB as the band defaults too. Same issue when I try to use the "SP BNK" mode and listen to WX stations too.

I tried to solder the resistor back but it's so tiny I couldn't get it. Since it's a 0 ohm resistor I also tried to just make a solder bridge. Same issue. I fear I screwed something up. I can continue to use the radio but only with VFO B. I've tried some other menu changes but nothing seems to have worked. I've done the microprocessor and the mode reset to no avail.

Thoughts?

Don't really want to contact Yaesu just yet with that whole warranty issue.

<blockquote data-quote="Matty" data-source="post: 556624" data-attributes="member: 47696">I know this is an old thread but if anyone checks in I have a question. I got the VX-8DR and played around with it for a few days. Worked great. I decided to do the mod. Used a fine tip soldering iron and got the SMD resistor off. Did the microprocessor reset and powered on. Could TX on all the bands as expected on VFO A and VFO B.However there was one issue. VFO A RX seems to have been messed up. I just get low static on just about any frequency. I have some bubble pack FRS/GMRS radios so I tuned both VFO A and VFO B to 462.5625 (FRS Ch1). I set the VX-8DR into mono mode with VFO A. I could TX and hear my test on the FRS. Same with VFO B. I then tested TX from the FRS radio and I could hear just fine my &quot;test test&quot; on VFO B, however when I switched to VFO A the green LED for RX was lit up but I couldn&#039;t hear my words just the low static I mentioned before. I wanted to test in another band so I tried tuning both VFO&#039;s to 162.550 (my local NOAA WX station). I can hear the transmission perfectly with VFO B but it&#039;s just static in VFO A. Just as I test I tried changing the MODE and I was shocked when I could hear a faint transmission of the WX broadcast when the mode was AM not NFB as the band defaults too. Same issue when I try to use the &quot;SP BNK&quot; mode and listen to WX stations too.I tried to solder the resistor back but it&#039;s so tiny I couldn&#039;t get it. Since it&#039;s a 0 ohm resistor I also tried to just make a solder bridge. Same issue. I fear I screwed something up. I can continue to use the radio but only with VFO B. I&#039;ve tried some other menu changes but nothing seems to have worked. I&#039;ve done the microprocessor and the mode reset to no avail.Thoughts?Don&#039;t really want to contact Yaesu just yet with that whole warranty issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Matty, post: 556624, member: 47696"] I know this is an old thread but if anyone checks in I have a question. I got the VX-8DR and played around with it for a few days. Worked great. I decided to do the mod. Used a fine tip soldering iron and got the SMD resistor off. Did the microprocessor reset and powered on. Could TX on all the bands as expected on VFO A and VFO B. However there was one issue. VFO A RX seems to have been messed up. I just get low static on just about any frequency. I have some bubble pack FRS/GMRS radios so I tuned both VFO A and VFO B to 462.5625 (FRS Ch1). I set the VX-8DR into mono mode with VFO A. I could TX and hear my test on the FRS. Same with VFO B. I then tested TX from the FRS radio and I could hear just fine my "test test" on VFO B, however when I switched to VFO A the green LED for RX was lit up but I couldn't hear my words just the low static I mentioned before. I wanted to test in another band so I tried tuning both VFO's to 162.550 (my local NOAA WX station). I can hear the transmission perfectly with VFO B but it's just static in VFO A. Just as I test I tried changing the MODE and I was shocked when I could hear a faint transmission of the WX broadcast when the mode was AM not NFB as the band defaults too. Same issue when I try to use the "SP BNK" mode and listen to WX stations too. I tried to solder the resistor back but it's so tiny I couldn't get it. Since it's a 0 ohm resistor I also tried to just make a solder bridge. Same issue. I fear I screwed something up. I can continue to use the radio but only with VFO B. I've tried some other menu changes but nothing seems to have worked. I've done the microprocessor and the mode reset to no avail. Thoughts? Don't really want to contact Yaesu just yet with that whole warranty issue. [/QUOTE]

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