I admit it: I messed up. I have two Yaesu FT-5200 duoband FM transceivers. One had all burned-out LCD backlights; the other had one light burned out. I decided to replace the lights. I had done that before in previous FT-5200’s and 5100’s (essentially the same) without any issues. Well, this time I have messed up: My problems started when I broke some of those delicate and too-short wires that connect to the PCB of the display unit. I replaced the wires with slightly longer ones to make it easier to work on. Well, now I have two non-functioning FT-5200’s! I don’t know what I did wrong. One radio has non-functioning buttons on the front, but I CAN change the frequency. The other: the buttons all work, but turning the encoder does not change the frequency. I don’t know what I have done, but I really like this model radio and would like to make them function again. Has anyone experienced this before? Any suggestions of IF and HOW I can fix them?
Thank you for reading my post, and in advance for any and all suggestions.
73,
Francis WA4ZYN