Yaesu FT902D scheduled to be put on the junk pile of wrecks, and then, I decided, work the problem😁😁

So, the potential moral of the story is possibly dont pay $500 for non working radios, they can be a nightmare. That being said, no-one twisted my arm to buy this radio, the gambler in me must have been active that day and decided to roll the dice. Many many(too many) hours later, finally, she's a really good radio working beautifully but the time spent, oh boy, I underestimated this one by a mile. Do I regret it, well I did initially, who pays $500 for a radio, no mic, no power cord and 3 or 4 independent faults that made it obvious, I had bought a parts radio, boards swapped etc etc. Incredibly, I started to almost enjoy the challenge, even though I was still frustrated, this radio became a huge lesson in 101 fault finding when faced with multiple faults and to be honest, you can't get better experience than digging in and working the problems til you see solutions. So another old junked radio back in the world of the living, the Yaesu FT902D is actually quite a rare beast these days so a pleasure to get working again. Would I do it again, buy it at such a high $$$ not working, let's just say, lesson learnt for sure🤣🤣🤣🤣 cheers brenton vk3cm jdw229 pls subscribe and also feel free to join us on Facebook at Aussie Radio Pickers or vk ham sales and service anytime...

[@marklowe7431]

This is a great result. Every one that goes to grave just makes it harder to get one of these.

[@dxscotland5901]

Great job nice to see the auld girl running!

[@turboclub7658]

Persistence & patience always pays bigtime mate!!

[@glenwoofit]

It's great you've got a parts bin back on the air.

[@christophermarshall5765]

Good job.

[@VK4LA]

Nice rig ......Got the ft-901d here

[@clintjeffrey3340]

Good work Brenton you've brought back to life another one...;)

[@bennockley]

Certainly, looked as tho it was a PITA, Brenton

[@Christhesparkie]

Should have put on the junk pile with your 706

[@alexjinks6172]

Soomerkamp

[@Alessioalessio-qv1ff]

I make a video of my father's sommercamp clone

[@lesjones7019]

138 xlr how many amps do I need.