
Alignment
FTDX10 Technical SupplementALIGNMENT -1
Introduction and Precautions
Realignmentmayberequiredafterthecomponents
havebeenreplaced.
WerecommendthatauthorizedYaesuTechnicians,
whoareexperiencedwiththecircuitryandfully
equippedtoalignourproducts,performaligns.
Thosewhodoundertakeanyofthefollowing
alignments are cautioned to proceed at their own
risk.Problemscausedbyunauthorizedaemptsat
realignmentarenotcoveredbythewarrantypoli-
cy.
Theneedforrealignmentshouldbedeterminedto
be absolutely necessary.
Thefollowing test equipment(andathorough fa-
miliaritywithits correctuse)isnecessary for cor-
rectrealignment. Moststepsdonot requireallof
theequipmentlisted.Theinteractionsofsomead-
justmentsmayrequire that morecomplexadjust-
mentsbeperformedinasequence.Donotaempt
toperformonlyasinglestepunlessitisclearlyiso-
latedelectricallyfromallothersteps.Havealltest
equipmentreadybeforebeginning, and follow all
ofthestepsinasectionintheordertheyarepre-
sented.
Required Test Equipment
RFSignalGenerator
AFSignalGenerator
SpectrumAnalyzergoodtoatleast1GHz.
FrequencyCounter
SINADMeter
RFMillivoltmeter
ElectronicLoad
DigitalDCVoltmeter(high-Z,1M-Ohm/V)
DC Voltmeter
DC Ammeter (30 A)
Ohmmeter
50-OhmDummyLoad(100/200was)
In-LineWameter(150/300was,50-Ohm)
LinearDetector
RFCoupler
4-OhmAFDummyLoad(3was)
1/4-inch3-contactPlug
Important Notice
Do not adjust the alignment menus that are not
mentioned in this manual.
Alignment Preparation & Precautions
A50-ohmRFDummy load and in-line wameter
mustbeconnectedtothe“ANT”jackinallproce-
duresthatcallfortransmission,exceptwherespec-
ifiedotherwise. Correctalignmentisnotpossible
with an antenna.
Aftercompletingonestep,readthefollowingstep
todeterminewhetherthesametestequipment
willberequired.Ifnot,removetheunneededtest
equipmentbeforeproceeding.(exceptthedummy
loadandwameter).
Correctalignmentrequiresthattheambient tem-
peraturebe maintained constantbetween68°Fto
86°F(20°Cto30°C).Whenthetransceiveris
broughtintotheshopfromahotorcoldenviron-
ment,itshould be allowedtime tocometoroom
temperaturebeforealignment.Also,thetestequip-
mentmustbethoroughlywarmedupbeforebegin-
ning.
Wheneverpossible,alignmentsshouldbemade
withoscillatorshieldsandcircuitboardsrmlyaf-
xedinplace.
Note:Signal levelsindBreferredtointhisproce-
durearebasedon0dBµ=0.5µV(closedcir-
cuit).