I walked into a Radio Shack while I was waiting on my truck to get out of the shop and I was chatting with the guy behind the counter (giving him a hard time about being called "Radio Shack" when they had no real radios to speak of, certainly nothing in the amateur transceiver area) when he stopped and remembered something.
He told me to wait, went in the store room, and came back holding an abandoned Yaesu FT-5200. He said a guy came in to get it repaired (imagine that) and, when he was told Radio Shack doesn't repair amateur radios, the guy just decided to get a new one. When he was told Radio Shack doesn't sell amateur radios (where has this guy been), the guy left disgusted and just left the radio on the counter.
That was several days ago, according to the sales guy.
Soooo...
I got this thing sitting on my desk and I'm wondering about the prospect of sending it in and paying for an diagnosis and, possibly, a repair.
Is this probably a ludicrous idea? Is it going to be statistically cheaper to buy a new Yaesu dual-band then it would be to have it repaired? I know its depending on the actual problem, of course.
I don't see any exterior damage. The cable connectors are intact and in good shape. The in-line fuse is not blown and there are no indications (to my untrained eye) of what may be wrong.
I haven't tried connecting it to a battery yet as I just brought it home.
I was just wondering what you would recommend.
Thanks in advance for your help!
