Circuit Description - Yaesu FT-857 Technical Supplement

Receive Signal Circuitry
RF Stages
Signals between 0.1 and 56 MHz received at the antenna
terminal pass through a low-pass filter, selected accord-
ing to the receiving frequency, then pass to another low-
pass filter, to remove unwanted out-of-band signals. The
filtered receiving signal passes, through one of the fol-
lowing circuits, to the 1st Mixer Q1128 (SPM5001): (1)
an attenuator network (–10dB) which consists of resistors
R1101, R1108, R1109; (2) a "through" circuit enabled via
diodes D1011 and D1012 (both DAP236U); or (3) RF
amplifier Q1025 (2SC5374).
Received 430 MHz signals, after passing through a high-
pass filter composed of L3058, L3069, C3250, C3251,
C3253, C3258, and C3298, are passed through low-pass
filter composed of L3043, L3044, C3209, C3211, C3214,
C3215, C3246, and C3255, and through a directional cou-
pler, to the UHF T/R switch circuit composed of diode
switch D3019/D3022 (both UM9957F), D3023, and
D3039 (both HSU277). Then the signals are fed to the
1st Mixer Q1128 via the RF-AMP Q1026 (2SK2685).
Received 145 MHz signals, after passing through a high-
pass filter composed of L3055, L3056, L3067, C3248,
C3249, C3252, and C3254, are passed through a low-pass
filter composed of L3040, L3041, C3204, C3205, C3210,
C3213, and C3216, and a directional coupler, to the VHF
T/R switch circuit, composed of diode switch D3018/
D3021 (both UM9957F). Then the signals are fed to 1st
Mixer Q1128 via the RF-AMP, Q1024 (BB304CDW).
Received 76-108 MHz signals, after passing through a
high-pass filter composed of L3055, L3056, L3067,
C3248, C3249, C3252, and C3254, are passed through
low-pass filter composed of L3040, L3041, C3204, C3205,
C3210, C3213, and C3216, and a directional coupler, to
the T/R switch circuit, composed of diode switch D3018/
D3021 (both UM9957F). Then it is fed to the Wide-FM
IF IC Q1058 (CXA1611N) on the MAIN Unit.
1st Mixer Circuit/1st IF Circuit
The 1st mixer on the MAIN Unit consists of quad MOS
FET Q1128 (SPN5001), where the receiving signal is
mixed with the 1st local signal (68.430-538.330 MHz) from
the PLL Unit. The resulting output signal (68.33 MHz)
passes through monolithic crystal filter (MCF) XF1001
(MF68Q, BW: ±6.0 kHz) to obtain the 1st IF signalwith a
center frequency of 68.33 MHz. The IF signal passes
through the 1st IF amplifier Q1073 (BB305CEW) to the
2nd Mixer, Q1083 and Q1084 (both 2SK302Y).
2nd Mixer Circuit/2nd IF Circuit
The 2nd Mixer consists of FETs Q1083 and Q1084 (both
2SK302Y) on the MAIN Unit, where the 1st IF signal is
mixed with the 2nd local signal (67.875 MHz). The re-
sulting output signal (455 kHz) is applied to the 2nd IF

Circuit Description

filter which is matched to the receiving mode: either
CF1004, CF1005 or an optional mechanical filter.
Noise Blanker Circuit
A portion of the 2nd IF signal is amplified by Noise Blanker
Amplifiers Q1075 and Q1079 (both BB305CEW) on the
MAIN Unit, and then rectified by D1064 (1SS372). This
output is applied to the Noise Blanker Controllers, Q1093
(2SC4154E) and Q1099 (2SA1602A), which a yield
Blanking signal according to the timing of the incoming
noise pulses. Then Blanking signal controls the Noise
Blanker Gate D1066 (BAS316), to slice out the impulse
noise from the signal.
AGC Circuit
The AGC circuit consists of D1061 (1SS372), transistor
Q1090 (2SC4154E), and associated parts on the MAIN
Unit. Output from the AGC circuit is fed back to the IF
AGC circuit that controls the gain of the IF amplifier FETs.
FM IF Circuit/FM Demodulator Circuit
On FM, the 2nd IF signal passes through the buffer ampli-
fier Q1094 (2SC4154E) and 2nd IF filters (CF1002 and
CF1003) to the FM IF IC Q1080 (TA31135FN) which
contains a mixer, limiter amplifier, filter amplifier, squelch
trigger, and demodulator. The demodulated audio signal
at Q1080 passes through a low-pass filter (R1339 and
C1282) and a de-emphasis circuit (R1303 and C1345),
then proceeds to the Audio Amplifier Circuit.
The squelch circuit selectively amplifies the noise com-
ponent of the demodulator output using the filter ampli-
fier inside the FM IF IC and an active band-pass filter
consisting of an externally attached resistor and capacitor.
Signal detection is performed by D1057 (DA221).
SSB/CW Demodulator Circuit
The 2nd IF SSB/CW signal passes through buffer ampli-
fiers Q1088 and Q1081 (both BB305CEW) to the SSB
balanced demodulator Q1071 (SA602AD) which pro-
duces audio by applying the carrier signal from the CAR-
DDS IC Q1062 (AD9835BRU). The demodulated audio
signal is stripped of high-frequency components by an
active low-pass filter, op-amp IC Q1120 (NJM2902V),
then is applied to the Audio Amplifier Circuit.
AM Demodulator Circuit
The 2nd IF AM signal passes through buffer amplifiers
Q1088 and Q1081 (both BB305CEW) to the AM demodu-
lator D1055 (BAS316), yielding demodulated audio sig-
nal which is applied to the Audio Amplifier Circuit.
Audio Amplifier Circuit
The demodulated audio signal is passed through AF pre-
amplifier Q1119 (NJM2902V) and electronic volume con-
trol IC Q1087 (M62364EP) to the AF Amplifier IC Q1105
(TDA2003H) which drives the internal or external speaker
to a maximum output of approximately 2.5 Watts.
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