Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
That’s what I’m saying. I don’t know how to get it back like it was. I’ll try your gain settings and go from there.
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
I'm actually surprised you got good audio reports at 50-75 before with the MH-59. Everyone I ever seen needed the gain turned down.
Leonard K. Pennock
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find that they very rarely lose or fail.
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On 9/12/22 08:20, dwisby1@... wrote: Will this effect my ability to be heard in pile ups?
I turned the gain settings way down and was able to be understood clearly on the SDR, but my concern is that I was able to run at 50-75 (SSB Mic Gain) before. That's what makes me think something is wonky. Am I way off base here?
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
I might be able to get in touch with the guy. I got good signal reports on my Nelson 9:1, and would get reports of being overdriven but legible on my Wolf River Coil. However, after I did the factory reset I got a signal report of "wall of static" from W8FNG. I've worked that guy 4 or 5 times and always had good reports.
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Can you locate the guy who used your radio on Field Day?? I would quiery him.? Did you change any settings?? Did anyone tell you the audio was messed up? etc etc
Mike
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-------- Original message -------- From: dwisby1@... Date: 9/12/22 8:20 AM (GMT-07:00) Subject: Re: [FT-857] Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Will this effect my ability to be heard in pile ups?? I turned the gain settings way down and was able to be understood clearly on the SDR, but my concern is that I was able to run at 50-75 (SSB Mic Gain) before. That's what makes me think something is wonky. Am I way off base here?
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Will this effect my ability to be heard in pile ups??
I turned the gain settings way down and was able to be understood clearly on the SDR, but my concern is that I was able to run at 50-75 (SSB Mic Gain) before. That's what makes me think something is wonky. Am I way off base here?
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
MH59 is a very hot mic. You need to turn down the mic gain settings. Also since you did a master reset you need to make sure that Menu 59 is set for rmt.
My Mic Gain Settings with the MH59
Menu 5 AM Mic Gain 40
Menu 51 FM Mic Gain 9
Menu 81 SSB Mic Gain 25
I don't normally use the processor but you many want to turn Menu 74 Proc Level down some if you do.
Leonard K. Pennock
AD7AS
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find that they very rarely lose or fail.
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On 9/12/22 07:54, dwisby1@... wrote: I'm using the MH-59 mic, I'll take a look at that as well.
Is is maybe just coincidence that all of this happened after I performed a master reset on the radio?
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
I'm using the MH-59 mic, I'll take a look at that as well.?
Is is maybe just coincidence that all of this happened after I performed a master reset on the radio??
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Are you using the stock hand mic that came with the radio? MH-31?
The one with the "TONE" switch on the back?
I had a very similar problem a few months ago and I found a bad solder joint on one of the switch connections.? Refloated all the solder joints, and everything in the universe was right again.
Worth a look see...
Mike
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-------- Original message -------- From: dwisby1@... Date: 9/12/22 12:31 AM (GMT-07:00) Subject: [FT-857] Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Good Evening.
I know this isn’t technically the correct place to post this, but I was hoping that given the similarities between the FT-857 and FT-897.?
I’m having an issue with transmit audio that I’m hoping ya’ll can help with.
Info dump to follow:
A few months ago I did a parks on the air activation with my FT-897d and a wolf river coil antenna. Everything went great but I got a couple of mentions of slightly distorted audio. I have never gotten any complaints on my wire, so I chalked it up to my antenna and moved on.?
Fast forward to this week, while on vacation in Florida I got the same mention from two different operators so I had to do something about it.
In talking things over with my dad, we figured out that when another operator was using my radio on field day he may have changed a setting somewhere that could be causing the distortion. In order to rectify this, I performed a master reset on the radio thinking I could just tweak my settings to get back to where I had it before.
After performing the reset, I have been told that it sounds like a wall of static when I transmit. I have verified this with a WebSDR. I was able to get the signal to where it was intelligible by dropping the gain to 10%, but of course no one can hear me. I have been able to get it to “act right” here and there, but it inevitably starts blasting out static within a minute or so.
Is there something damaged somewhere? Or is there some setting that I can’t find.?
Any help at all would be much appreciated.?
Kindly,
David - KI5SHY
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
I haven’t. I’ll try that this evening and report back.
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Ok I’ll try that and report back.
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Have you tried it on FM or AM to see if it also sounds bad on those modes? ? 73, ? --Hank KB4MTO / TA5ZC ? ?
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
I agree with Chuck… clean mic connection, try a different mic Jack W4GRJ
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On Sep 12, 2022, at 7:17 AM, dwisby1@... wrote: ?This is on SSB.
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
The mic connection looks ok, no dirt or anything. Regrettably I don’t have another mic to test with.
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
I would look at the mic connection. Try another mic. I think the radio has a modular connector and they get dirty sometimes. You can also call Yaesu. They use to have a support dept there who would talk you through things. Look at the mic first.
K3CLT
Chuck Tobias
On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 03:31:36 AM EDT, dwisby1@... <dwisby1@...> wrote:
Good Evening.
I know this isn’t technically the correct place to post this, but I was hoping that given the similarities between the FT-857 and FT-897.?
I’m having an issue with transmit audio that I’m hoping ya’ll can help with.
Info dump to follow:
A few months ago I did a parks on the air activation with my FT-897d and a wolf river coil antenna. Everything went great but I got a couple of mentions of slightly distorted audio. I have never gotten any complaints on my wire, so I chalked it up to my antenna and moved on.?
Fast forward to this week, while on vacation in Florida I got the same mention from two different operators so I had to do something about it.
In talking things over with my dad, we figured out that when another operator was using my radio on field day he may have changed a setting somewhere that could be causing the distortion. In order to rectify this, I performed a master reset on the radio thinking I could just tweak my settings to get back to where I had it before.
After performing the reset, I have been told that it sounds like a wall of static when I transmit. I have verified this with a WebSDR. I was able to get the signal to where it was intelligible by dropping the gain to 10%, but of course no one can hear me. I have been able to get it to “act right” here and there, but it inevitably starts blasting out static within a minute or so.
Is there something damaged somewhere? Or is there some setting that I can’t find.?
Any help at all would be much appreciated.?
Kindly,
David - KI5SHY
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Re: Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Guessing this is using FM ...correct?
Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device
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-------- Original message -------- From: dwisby1@... Date: 9/12/22 3:31 AM (GMT-05:00) Subject: [FT-857] Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Good Evening.
I know this isn’t technically the correct place to post this, but I was hoping that given the similarities between the FT-857 and FT-897.?
I’m having an issue with transmit audio that I’m hoping ya’ll can help with.
Info dump to follow:
A few months ago I did a parks on the air activation with my FT-897d and a wolf river coil antenna. Everything went great but I got a couple of mentions of slightly distorted audio. I have never gotten any complaints on my wire, so I chalked it up to my antenna and moved on.?
Fast forward to this week, while on vacation in Florida I got the same mention from two different operators so I had to do something about it.
In talking things over with my dad, we figured out that when another operator was using my radio on field day he may have changed a setting somewhere that could be causing the distortion. In order to rectify this, I performed a master reset on the radio thinking I could just tweak my settings to get back to where I had it before.
After performing the reset, I have been told that it sounds like a wall of static when I transmit. I have verified this with a WebSDR. I was able to get the signal to where it was intelligible by dropping the gain to 10%, but of course no one can hear me. I have been able to get it to “act right” here and there, but it inevitably starts blasting out static within a minute or so.
Is there something damaged somewhere? Or is there some setting that I can’t find.?
Any help at all would be much appreciated.?
Kindly,
David - KI5SHY
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Hoping for help with an FT-897 (very similar)
Good Evening.
I know this isn’t technically the correct place to post this, but I was hoping that given the similarities between the FT-857 and FT-897.?
I’m having an issue with transmit audio that I’m hoping ya’ll can help with.
Info dump to follow:
A few months ago I did a parks on the air activation with my FT-897d and a wolf river coil antenna. Everything went great but I got a couple of mentions of slightly distorted audio. I have never gotten any complaints on my wire, so I chalked it up to my antenna and moved on.?
Fast forward to this week, while on vacation in Florida I got the same mention from two different operators so I had to do something about it.
In talking things over with my dad, we figured out that when another operator was using my radio on field day he may have changed a setting somewhere that could be causing the distortion. In order to rectify this, I performed a master reset on the radio thinking I could just tweak my settings to get back to where I had it before.
After performing the reset, I have been told that it sounds like a wall of static when I transmit. I have verified this with a WebSDR. I was able to get the signal to where it was intelligible by dropping the gain to 10%, but of course no one can hear me. I have been able to get it to “act right” here and there, but it inevitably starts blasting out static within a minute or so.
Is there something damaged somewhere? Or is there some setting that I can’t find.?
Any help at all would be much appreciated.?
Kindly,
David - KI5SHY
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Re: Keeping the 857D Screen For Long Life
Hi all ? Guy (VK3GUY) at replaced my screen for around $250AUD. ? Theo VK5IR ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John P Liddell via groups.io
Sent: Monday, 12 September 2022 6:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FT-857] Keeping the 857D Screen For Long Life? Please let us know if you get an answer to this. Excellent thoughts. Thx KK4QFP USA
On Sep 11, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Peter vk3tbn via groups.io <vk3tbn@...> wrote:
?Theo, Could you provide the details of the guy that fixed your display, as I have the same problem VK3TBN ? My understanding is that the zebra stripes issue tends to occur mostly in rigs that have at some stage been installed in cars where they have been heat affected, but perhaps I'm wrong.? I just had my screen replaced here in VK by a guy in Melbourne who specialises is Yaesu repairs and it cost me around $250AUD. ? First, I have a perfectly fine working Yaesu 857D, screen and everything else.? I love it.? I have read several messages over time that people had a failure of their 857 screen and were looking for a replacement. I wonder?? Are there things I can do to lengthen the use of my screen and hopefully prevent failure?
Also? Are there things I should not do that will harm the use of my 857 screen? I Could:
- Set the 857 screen at lower light intensity? - Use a certain color which stresses the screen less or more? - People who specialize at replacing the screen if it fails with "Zebra Stripes" or other problems? ? Sure would would be nice to lengthen the life of my 857D, there are no others like it. Thanks, Peder, W7RPK ?
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Re: Keeping the 857D Screen For Long Life
Please let us know if you get an answer to this. Excellent thoughts. Thx KK4QFP USA
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On Sep 11, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Peter vk3tbn via groups.io <vk3tbn@...> wrote:
? Theo,
Could you provide the details of the guy that fixed your display, as I have the same problem
Regards
Pete VK3TBN On 12 Aug 2022, at 10:58 am, Theo Marinos <marinos.theo@...> wrote:
? My understanding is that the zebra stripes issue tends to occur mostly in rigs that have at some stage been installed in cars where they have been heat affected, but perhaps I'm wrong.?
I just had my screen replaced here in VK by a guy in Melbourne who specialises is Yaesu repairs and it cost me around $250AUD.
Regards
Theo
VK5IR First, I have a perfectly fine working Yaesu 857D, screen and everything else.? I love it.?
I have read several messages over time that people had a failure of their 857 screen and were looking for a replacement.
I wonder?? Are there things I can do to lengthen the use of my screen and hopefully prevent failure?
Also? Are there things I should not do that will harm the use of my 857 screen?
I Could:
- Set the 857 screen at lower light intensity?
- Use a certain color which stresses the screen less or more?
- People who specialize at replacing the screen if it fails with "Zebra Stripes" or other problems?
?
Sure would would be nice to lengthen the life of my 857D, there are no others like it.
Thanks,
Peder, W7RPK
?
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Re: Keeping the 857D Screen For Long Life
Theo,
Could you provide the details of the guy that fixed your display, as I have the same problem
Regards
Pete
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On 12 Aug 2022, at 10:58 am, Theo Marinos <marinos.theo@...> wrote:
? My understanding is that the zebra stripes issue tends to occur mostly in rigs that have at some stage been installed in cars where they have been heat affected, but perhaps I'm wrong.?
I just had my screen replaced here in VK by a guy in Melbourne who specialises is Yaesu repairs and it cost me around $250AUD.
Regards
Theo
VK5IR First, I have a perfectly fine working Yaesu 857D, screen and everything else.? I love it.?
I have read several messages over time that people had a failure of their 857 screen and were looking for a replacement.
I wonder?? Are there things I can do to lengthen the use of my screen and hopefully prevent failure?
Also? Are there things I should not do that will harm the use of my 857 screen?
I Could:
- Set the 857 screen at lower light intensity?
- Use a certain color which stresses the screen less or more?
- People who specialize at replacing the screen if it fails with "Zebra Stripes" or other problems?
?
Sure would would be nice to lengthen the life of my 857D, there are no others like it.
Thanks,
Peder, W7RPK
?
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Jack W4GRJ