How to disable WIRES on Yaesu 'FT-*' Radios

STXARES
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Still hearing many hams on the FM voice repeater with the old Yaesu WIRES mode unintentionally enabled. (Causes a 2-3 second muting of the voice at the beginning of the transmission with a DTMF burst)

Here is an article from Martin, N6VI, on how to disable WIRES on a Yaesu FT type radio, so that it will NOT work (or interfere) even if turned on.

http://www.lafdacs.org/pdf_files/-WIRES%20Disable%20on%20FT%20Radios.pdf

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David,

The information you sent “Disabling the WIRES” was very helpful ..

Thanks .. Tom Small N1TOV - 73 College Station, TX