Re: [chirp_devel] How to brick an FT-60

(sorry for the delayed reply)

I'm not sure I agree with the cable interference theory. With most of the yaesus, isn't there a checksum byte at the end of the memory payload?

Yes, but we don't check it. So, if we *receive* a bad image, we will calculate the proper checksum of the bad image and then send it to the radio. The radio would check the checksum, see that it matches, and accept the image.

I thought that I have tinkered with this and when the radio didnt like the image it "defaulted" the memory to a "Reset" state.

If the checksum is wrong, this happens (although it doesn't wipe the memory, it just resets some things). I've never seen a yaesu do this because of actual bad contents with a matching checksum though.

--Dan