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I don't understand how the plug that came with the FT857 and two others on cables I have purchased elsewhere can all have faults. As I mentioned, all these plugs fit just fine on the FT897D and the Kenwood TS850SAT I have but none of them fully seat in the connector on the FT857D. I would have to assume a fault with the FT857D connector. I don't know what the problem is, though. What I ended up doing was unsoldering the power cable inside the FT857D and replacing it with another 3 foot length of # 12 gauge cable pair (with red and black insulation). I did this because, if I choose to sell the radio at some time, I want to be able to restore it to its original state as I got it. I put an automotive fuse holder with a 30A fuse in each lead. I put an Anderson Powerpole on the other end (which is what I wanted in the first place). It works fine. Voltage drop displayed by the radio is about 0.2 volts under hard key-down under full power. This is acceptable to me. It was recommended that I do not use a soldering gun with a loop-type heating element because it produces magnetic fields that could affect components in the radio. I have a Weller GT soldering gun that does not produce magnetic fields. It is a 150W soldering gun with a ceramic type heating element. I have used it to solder pipe cap filters onto pc boards. 73, Zack W9SZ On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 1:10 PM VA7OTC John Erskine <va7otc@...> wrote: On 2021-06-27 07:13, Zack Widup wrote: |
