Disassembling an FT-60 to answer an email

2 years ago
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I, along with many others, was under the impression that the case on the FT-60 was die cast aluminum. A viewer sent me an email that his was plastic. So, I disassembled one to check it out for myself.

PDF of Yaesu FT-60 brochure where they mention "Rugged Die-cast, Water-resistant Case Construction"
https://www.yaesu.com/downloadFile.cfm?FileID=1124&FileCatID=38&FileName=FT%2D60R%5FNew%20Product%20News.pdf&FileContentType=application%2Fpdf
(Also, the instruction manual PDF's are back up)

MARS/CAP MOD for Yaesu FT-60R : Complete Tutorial : Eye-On-Stuff
https://youtu.be/GP7Hc0mHvzE
(This is the video I referenced when I did mine)

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