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       MODIFICATION OF THE PMS ON THE FT736R FOR THE 50 MHZ BAND

       MOD  3                 BY G0HEG AND G0TVL

       I have not done this Modification,
       At the Time of writing I can not do this Modification,
       Because I do not have the 50 MHz Board in my FT736R,
       But I know of a Friend of mine who after a chat with me
       on 2 Mtrs,
       did this Modification on his RIG,
       It is one of the easiest of the Modifications
       for the FT736R.

       Modification of the PMS on the FT736R for the 50 MHz Band
       Extended coverage on receive from the front panel can be
       achieved by means of a few simple but repetitive actions,
       The receive can be extended from about 46 MHz to around 56 MHz,
       By the use of the Repeater Shift,
       This give a coverage of about 10 MHz,
       But it may be Greater or Smaller than this,
       There is no need to snip any of the components,
       and you will not need a soldering Iron for this Modification.

                         Instruction

       Make sure that you Put the Highest Frequency in to VFO B,
       and the Lowest one in to VFO A.

        1/ Turn on your RIG.
        2/ Put the RIG into Repeater Shift for the 50 MHz Band,
           By Pressing the + RPT KEY.
        3/ Set the OFFSET to 01.999.9.
        4/ Tune the RIG to the Lowest Band edge,
           of 50.000.0 MHz.
        5/ Press the REV KEY ( KEY 5 ).
        6/ Press the UP MHz Button.

       You should now see 49.000.0 MHz on your Digital Readout.
        7/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Once More,
       Alternating between both until you see 48.000.0 MHz
       on your Digital Readout,
        8/ Increase the OFFSET to 03.999.9.
        9/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Twice,
           This takes the Frequency to 46.000.0 MHz.
       10/ Increase the OFFSET to 05.999.9.
       11/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Twice,
           This takes the Frequency to 44.000.0 MHz.
       12/ Keep on Increasing the OFFSET by 2,
           until you get the OFFSET to 51.999.9.
       13/ at the same time as you Increase the OFFSET by 2,
           Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Twice after every Increase in
           the OFFSET,
           until you get 00.000.0 MHz on your Digital Readout.

       Be careful not to go beyond 00.000.0 MHz,
       Because the RIG will Automatically Default back to
       50 MHz and you will have to start again,
       It is so frustrating when you lose so much of what you
       have already done.



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                                 STAGE 2
       Now you should have been using VFO A as the starting point,
       you should have 53.999.9 MHz in VFO B,
       and 00.000.0 MHz in VFO A.
       Press the Function KEY which is Marked with an ( F ),
       Followed by the PMS KEY ( KEY 5 ),
       You have Just stored your New Band Edges in to the PMS.
       Press the PMS KEY again,
       this time slowly Tune across the Two Band Edges,
       Until you see 999.999.9 MHz appear on your Digital Readout,
       Now whilst still in the PMS,
       Press the VFO B Button.
       These Next Few Steps Are Very Important
        1/ Press The following KEYS ( KEY 9,KEY 2,KEY 4,KEY 9 in that order).
           The Magic Number is 9,2,4,9.
        2/ Now Press the F KEY, followed by the PMS KEY.
        3/ Press the PMS KEY again.
       You have Just stored the New Band Edges in to the PMS,
       you Should now have in VFO A,
       Which should be 00.000.0 MHz,
       and in VFO B,
       you should also have 999.999.9 MHz

       Press either of the UP of DOWN scan Buttons.
       You will now find that your FT736R will now scan
       up and down the Band from
       00.000.0 MHz to 999.999.9 MHz,
       or from 999.999.9 MHz to 00.000.0 MHz.

       There are 3 other Mods for the FT736R,
       that you can do if your RIG as the Boards in it,
       Also there may be another Mod for the American 220 MHz
       Band but at the time of writing I do not know if
       it can be done.

                       List of Mods for the FT736R
                       as found by G0HEG and G7OHY.

       Mod 1/ is for the 144 to 148 MHz band,
              - RPT  Plus Down MHz Button,
              Frequency 139 to 155 MHz.

       Mod 2/ is for the 430 to 450 MHz Band,
              + RPT Plus Up MHz Button,
              Frequency  425 to 459 MHz.

       Mod 3/ is for the 50 MHz Band,
              + RPT Plus Up MHZ Button.
              Frequency  45 to 56 MHz ?.

       Mod 4/ is for the 1296 MHz Band,
              + RPT Plus Up MHz Button,
              Frequency 1215 to 1326 MHz ?.

       Mod 5/ is for the American 220 MHz Band,
              + RPT Plus UP or DOWN MHz Button,
              Freuqency 216.6 to 230 MHz ?.

       All these Mods are for Receiving only and can not be used
       to transmit on.

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