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        MODIFICATION OF THE PMS ON THE FT736R FOR 430 MHZ

        MOD  2             BY G0HEG

        Modification of the PMS on the FT736R for the 430 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 425 MHz to around 459 MHz.
        by the use of the Repeater shift,
        This gives a coverage of about 34 MHz,
        There is no need to snip any of the components,
        And you will not need a soldering Iron for this Modification.

                           Instructions

        Make sure that when you start this Mod that you are in VFO A.
        Make sure that you put the Highest Frequency in to VFO B,
        and the Lowest one in to VFO A.
        Be careful not to Touch the UP or Down Scan Buttons
        on your RIG Whilst doing these Mods.
        Be careful not to Touch the Main Tuning knob
        on your RIG Whilst doing these Mods

        Please Note Also,
        Do not Press any scan Buttons on you FT736R,
        Do not Press the Channel Buttons or the Tuning Knob,
        Because if you Do Turn the Channel Knob the wrong way,
        you will lose all that you have done so far,
        What happens is this ( Press the wrong way the RIG will
        default back to 4 430 MHz.
        Turned the wrong way it will Default Back to 430 MHz
        Only Press or Turn Those Knobs Buttons or keys
        specified in these Mods.

         1/ Turn on your RIG.
         2/ Put the RIG into Repeater Shift for the 430 MHz Band,
            By pressing the + RPT KEY.
         3/ Set the OFFSET to 09.999.9.
         4/ Tune the RIG to the Lowest Band edge of 430.000.0 MHz.
         5/ Press the REV KEY ( KEY 5 ).
         6/ Press the UP MHz Button.

         7/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Nine Times more,
            Alternating Between Both until you get the Frequency
            down to 420.000.0 MHz.
         8/ Increase the OFFSET to 19.999.9.
         9/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Ten Times,
            Alternating Between both until you get the Frequency
            down to 410.000.0 MHz.
        10/ Increase the OFFSET to 29.999.9.
        11/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Ten Times,
            until you get down to 400.000.0 MHz.

        12/ Increase the OFFSET to 39.999.9.
        13/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Ten Times,
            until you get down to 390.000.0 MHz.
        14/ Keep on Increasing the OFFSET by Ten,
            and after every Increase in the OFFSET,
            Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Ten Times,
            Until you get the OFFSET to 99.999.9,
            And the Digital Read out to 330.000.0 MHz.




                                  
                              STAGE 2

        Now that you have got so far it is Important that you
        follow the next few moves to the letter.

         1/ Press the Function Key Which is Marked with an ( F )
         2/ Press the PMS KEY ( KEY 3 ).

        You have just stored your New Band Edges in to the PMS,
        to check this out simply Press the PMS KEY,
        and Press either of the up or down Scan Buttons,
        you will find that the RIG will scan up or down either way,
        but that Depends on which Button was Pressed first.

        Now that you have 330.000.0 MHz in the PMS,
        Make sure that you have an OFFSET of 99.999.9. in the PMS,
        also Make sure that the Repeater Shift is in the + RPT position.

         3/ Tune to the Lowest Frequency in the PMS which should
            Now be 330.000.0 MHz.
         4/ Press the REV KEY ( KEY 5 ).
         5/ Press the UP MHz Button.
         6/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Alternating Between both until
            you get your Digital Readout Down to 230.000.0 MHz.
         7/ Press the Magic Number of 9,2,4,9 in that order.
         8/ Press the F Key followed by the PMS key.
         9/ Press the PMS Key again,
            Now tune to the lowest Frequency in the PMS
            Which should now be 230.000.0 MHz.

        10/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Alternating Between both until you get
            the Frequency Down to 130.000.0 MHz

        11/ Press the Magic Number of 9,2,4,9 in that order.
        12/ Press the F Key followed by the PMS Key.
        13/ Press the PMS KEY again,
            And Tune to the Lowest Frequency in the PMS,

        14/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Alternating until you get the
            Frequency down to 30.000.0 MHz.

        15/ Press the Magic Number of 9,2,4,9, in that order.

        16/ Press the F KEY followed by the PMS Key.

        17/ Press the PMS Key,
            Now Tune to the lowest Frequency in the PMS which
            should now be 30.000.0 MHz

        18/ Repeat Steps 5 & 6 Alternating Between both until
            you get the Frequency down to 00.000.0 MHz,
            Be careful not to go Passed this Frequency,
            Because the RIG will automatically Default Back to
           30.000.0 MHz,
           And you will have to start again from that point.

       19/ Press the Magic Number of 9,2,4,9, in that order.

        20/ Press the F Key followed by the PMS Key.

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        21/ Press the PMS Key again,
            This time Tune slowly across The Two Band edges,
            until you see 999.999.9 MHz on your Digital
            Readout.
         22/ Whilst still in the PMS Press VFO B

         23/ Press the Magic Number of 9,2,4,9 in that order.

         You should Now Have 00.000.0 MHz in VFO A,
         And 999.999.9 MHz in VFO B.

         24/ Press the F Key Followed by the PMS Key.

         25/ Press the PMS Key again.

                                THE END