Re: ATAS-120a install with K-400 Mount
The problem with most modern cars is they're pretty much made of tin foil, I have a mag mount on my Volvo and applying or removing it flexes the roof.
The same on my Land Rover but I? made a mount that bolts into the roof rails along the side, there's no movement in that.
Martyn
M0TEB
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Re: ATAS-120a install with K-400 Mount
why does it matter if it flexes a little?
Jack
w4grj
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ATAS-120a install with K-400 Mount
I am installing the ATAS-120a on a Hummer H3. ?It seems that no matter where I install the Diamond K-400 the Metal on the Body Flexes. The Body Flex Movement in the Antenna in the amount of 1 - 2 inches. ?I have installed the Antenna on the side of the hood, and the top of the Hood. Plus the rear of the rear back door. ?Everything on the Body Flexes. Can anyone Help with the installation of the Diamond K-400 mount?? -- Thank You Don Goodhart N6eur0u8@...
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Re: Diamond Antenna MX62M
The MX62M passes dc.?
Ron Jakubowski, K2RJ?
Tab? S5e
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Re: Diamond Antenna MX62M
The other thing you need to be certain of is that there is a DC path through the diplexer from the HF port to the antenna port so that the ATAS antenna can be controlled from the radio. ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ron Jakubowski via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, 11 October 2022 23:29
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FT-857] Diamond Antenna MX62M? Yes, the MX62M is the one you want for the 857D.? I am using one with my ATAS and it works fine.? The main difference between models is which port 6M is on.? On the 857, it is on the HF port, which matches with the 62M.? (The MX610M puts 6M on the VHF/UHF side.)?
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Don't apply voltage to the brown wire, it might not end well. Page
32 of the user's manual specifies connecting it to ground.
Randy (KE5EOT, WRJS252)
ARRL, QCWA, ARES, RACES, ROWH
On 10/11/22 5:57 PM, J.D. Barron wrote:
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If connected to the 13.8 volt supply it puts the radio into low
power mode, If I remember correctly 20 watts.
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Thanks for the reply.
On 10/11/2022 5:57 PM, J.D. Barron
wrote:
If connected to the 13.8 volt supply it puts the radio into low
power mode, If I remember correctly 20 watts.
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WB5YDA
L.B. Little
President
Beaumont Amateur Radio Club
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If connected to the 13.8 volt supply it puts the radio into low power mode, If I remember correctly 20 watts.
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If you ground the brown wire that maximum power output is reduced to
20 watts. It was first used in the 897. When the battery was
installed, the power was reduced to 20 watts to lengthen battery
life. Since the 857 and 897 share a motherboard, the brown wire was
made available on the 857 series.
Randy (KE5EOT, WRJS252)
ARRL, QCWA, ARES, RACES, RO
On 10/11/22 5:43 PM, L B Little wrote:
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Can you tell me what the brown wire is for in the connector?
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Can you tell me what the brown wire is for in the connector?
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This is the plug that is on the power pigtail. It is called a HF 6 plug.
The side that is chassis mounted is quite often the real problem as they wear are jerked around and not replaced.?
Here is a link to the pigtail connector:
Here is the link to the chassis mount part:
These parts are manufactured to the original specifications and I have used them to repair problems like you are having.
Later Japanese radios use the 4 pin connectors that have better contacts and give better service, in my opinion.
There are also plugs that look the same, but the sockets are not quite the same sizes and all of them tend to get poor connection and the resultant heat causes them to lose temper and tension.
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You have to make sure the locking mechanism inside the powerpoles is
engaged. Sometimes it takes a little extra push to get that "click"
that ensures that the connector is all the way in. Once it's
engaged, they won't come apart unless you release the connector. I
always listen for the click and give them a tug just to make sure.
Randy (KE5EOT, WRJS252)
ARRL, QCWA, ARES, RACES, ROWH
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I made a 3 pin Power Pole,
red, black and brown, then made a power pole jumper that with
the brown wire shorted that could be thrown in the middle if I
wanted to used it that way.? ?When I got the radio, and went
to hook up the factory cable, it pulled off in my hand.?
On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 08:04:39 PM EDT, L B
Little <mech259@...> wrote:
My 857D pigtail out of
the radio has issues with 6 pin connector. You can barely
move it and it cuts radio on and off. I ordered a pigtail
from Yaesu but night take 6 weeks to get it. Any other
sources you are aware of to get the pigtail?
73
WB5YDA
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I made a 3 pin Power Pole, red, black and brown, then made a power pole jumper that with the brown wire shorted that could be thrown in the middle if I wanted to used it that way.? ?When I got the radio, and went to hook up the factory cable, it pulled off in my hand.?
On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 08:04:39 PM EDT, L B Little <mech259@...> wrote:
My 857D pigtail out of the radio has issues with 6 pin connector. You can barely move it and it cuts radio on and off. I ordered a pigtail from Yaesu but night take 6 weeks to get it. Any other sources you are aware of to get the pigtail?
73
WB5YDA
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Re: Diamond Antenna MX62M
Perfect, ordered Antenna and plexer! Going to be alot of fun cycling and doing HF!?
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I did just that. I used #12 wire and found it sufficient. Just about everything I have around here that runs off 12 volts DC uses 30A Powerpoles.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 8:16 PM Dave Mueller AA3EE < dmueller421@...> wrote: At that point, I'd replace the pigtail with Powerpoles. I use silicone jacket wire from the hobby shop, either 10 AWG or 12 AWG, in red & black.
The contacts are Metric, standard Molex connectors are SAE (inch? Imperial?) sized. Be careful if you buy a non-OEM cable.
73
Dave
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Re: Diamond Antenna MX62M
Yes, the MX62M is the one you want for the 857D.? I am using one with my ATAS and it works fine.? The main difference between models is which port 6M is on.? On the 857, it is on the HF port, which matches with the 62M.? (The MX610M puts 6M on the VHF/UHF side.)?
Ron Jakubowski, K2RJ?
Tab? S5e
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Re: Diamond Antenna MX62M
My trike, which currently has an FT-8900R and CR8900 diamond antenna.? 
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Re: Diamond Antenna MX62M
I posted the original and I am trying to put my 857 on my trike with an ATAS 120. Maybe I am looking at the wrong item. I need one of them to link both outputs from the radio to the single ATAS antenna.?
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Re: Diamond Antenna MX62M
Don ...
Be sure you know the difference between a duplexer and a diplexer. ? They are not the same and often confused.?
What, exactly, are you wanting to accomplish?
73, Kent K9ZTV
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On Oct 10, 2022, at 8:34 PM, Don Goodhart <n6eur08@...> wrote:
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--Hello;
? ? ?I would like more information about the MX62M duplexer.? Can the mx62m duplexr tune on the Yaesu FT857 and ATAS-120A.? ?I Have sent an email to Diamond requesting information.? ?I am awaiting their response.?
Thank You
Don Goodhart
N6eur0u8@...
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Re: Diamond Antenna MX62M
--Hello;
? ? ?I would like more information about the MX62M duplexer.? Can the mx62m duplexr tune on the Yaesu FT857 and ATAS-120A.? ?I Have sent an email to Diamond requesting information.? ?I am awaiting their response.?
Thank You
Don Goodhart
N6eur0u8@...
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Martyn Bell
Jack W4GRJ
Tal Deus