FT-991 Weak HF Receive

I seem to have a big drop in sensitivity on all HF bands.  It has been a superb receiver for the past year.  Transmit is normal.

On a strong signal with ATT off and IPO the S- meter is at 0.  The spectrum display is near the bottom line.  The same signal with ATT off and AMP1 is S9+5dB and the spectrum display is above the first bar.   With ATT off and AMP2 the S-meter reads about S9+15dB and the spectrum display is on the second (middle) line.    The difference between IPO and AMP1 is an almost inaudible signal to S9+.

A signal that is S-9 on my FT-897D (with that rigs ATT and IPO both off) is barely S9 on the FT-991 with ATT off and AMP2 on and at S0 with no amps (IPO). With the amps off it is S zero.  VHF/UHF  is normal.  Looks like I have a receiver problem.

Back to Yaesu for repair???

Yaesu FT-991(A) Users Group (groups.io)
https://groups.io/g/Yaesu-FT-991



3 comments:

  1. same problem with 991a that i just picked up. did you get this fixed?
    neil

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  2. what did thay do to fix it , did you get a invoice with the parts thay usedv, and what were the parts , thanks ,willie KD9CPC

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  3. Hi, did you have a solutionn already for this problem?

    Regards

    Klaus (DL5YCX)

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