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Re: How to assemble a Collins filter + Board for FT-857 and save $$$!!!

 

Dang. I work for Raytheon. Collins is one of our companies. I should probably ask them if they have NOS stock I can purchase.

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 10:41?AM Paul Braun <pbraun42@...> wrote:
You have to luck into one on the auction site or QRZ. They're very rare anymore, even the non-native ones.

I completely lucked into mine when a friend was watching a discussion thread on Discord and called me excitedly telling me to get on the thread and contact the seller.

On 6/21/24 9:31 AM, Juan Jiménez via wrote:
Where did you find the filter? I cannot find anything except on scam web sites.

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 1:51?AM Dick Frijdal <dick.frijdal@...> wrote:
Did just that, and I'm very happy.

Artur makes perfect boards!!!?

Thanks Artur!

73,

Dick 


-- 
Paul Braun WD9GCO
Amateur Radio Newsline Anchor
ARNewsline.org
Certified Music Junkie

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Re: How to assemble a Collins filter + Board for FT-857 and save $$$!!!

 

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You have to luck into one on the auction site or QRZ. They're very rare anymore, even the non-native ones.

I completely lucked into mine when a friend was watching a discussion thread on Discord and called me excitedly telling me to get on the thread and contact the seller.

On 6/21/24 9:31 AM, Juan Jiménez via groups.io wrote:
Where did you find the filter? I cannot find anything except on scam web sites.

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 1:51?AM Dick Frijdal <dick.frijdal@...> wrote:
Did just that, and I'm very happy.

Artur makes perfect boards!!!?

Thanks Artur!

73,

Dick 


-- 
Paul Braun WD9GCO
Amateur Radio Newsline Anchor
ARNewsline.org
Certified Music Junkie

"
Re: How to assemble a Collins filter + Board for FT-857 and save $$$!!!

 

Where did you find the filter? I cannot find anything except on scam web sites.

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 1:51?AM Dick Frijdal <dick.frijdal@...> wrote:
Did just that, and I'm very happy.

Artur makes perfect boards!!!?

Thanks Artur!

73,

Dick

Re: How to assemble a Collins filter + Board for FT-857 and save $$$!!!

 

Did just that, and I'm very happy.

Artur makes perfect boards!!!?

Thanks Artur!

73,

Dick
How to assemble a Collins filter + Board for FT-857 and save $$$!!!

 
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You can buy a "bare" Collins 500hz CW filter for about?$100?and?solder it yourself to an?FT-857 board?made by Artur, SP6AB. I got mine for $16. Contact?Artur?to confirm availability. ?

Collins CW filters are showing up overseas. But you must?search and carefully check out the vendor. Collins SSB filters are also available. I hope this helps someone save some money. I did this and I'm happy.??
--73, Howard, W6ZZ

Here is the search term for a Collins 500hz CW "bare" filter:
AOR MF-500 500Hz MF Series Collins Mechanical Filter 526-8693-010


73,
Howard, W6ZZ
Re: MC-50 microphone to FT857 RJ-45 adapter?

 

Thanks, Don, for the info. I'll give it a try as time permits.
Carl - N4LPD
Re: MC-50 microphone to FT857 RJ-45 adapter?

 

Hi Carl,?

I wired a Kenwood KMC 35 Kenwood hand mic to my 857d and have been told it sounds good. It has an electret cartridge but the MC 50 has a 600 ohm dynamic cartridge so it should be great. I am attaching the wiring for the original Yaesu hand mic and the MC 50 wiring so you can make up an adapter.?

73 Don ve3ids?

On Wed., Jun. 12, 2024, 5:48 p.m. carl copeland via , <copelandcarl=[email protected]> wrote:
I'm looking to replace the stock handheld mic on my FT-857D with a Kenwood MC-50 desktop mic. Does anyone have instructions or plans or schematic for wiring? I have 4 pin and RJ-45 connectors. Has anyone had any luck with this setup, and is audio quality affected?
Carl N4LPD?

MC-50.pdf
MC-50.pdf
yaesu-mh31a8j.pdf
yaesu-mh31a8j.pdf

MC-50 microphone to FT857 RJ-45 adapter?

 

I'm looking to replace the stock handheld mic on my FT-857D with a Kenwood MC-50 desktop mic. Does anyone have instructions or plans or schematic for wiring? I have 4 pin and RJ-45 connectors. Has anyone had any luck with this setup, and is audio quality affected?
Carl N4LPD?
Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

Peter,?

That would work.?

Thanks
73 Don ve3ids?

On Wed., Jun. 5, 2024, 10:33 p.m. Peter Finch via , <peterlewisfinch=[email protected]> wrote:
You can use one of the PMS memory channel pairs to restrict manual tuning between two frequencies.

Peter

Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

You can use one of the PMS memory channel pairs to restrict manual tuning between two frequencies.

Peter
Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

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A few years ago, I sent my FT857D back to Yaesu in the US for a repair.? While they had it, they swapped the ROM in the rig to update the 5 MHz channel frequencies to the then new FCC 5 MHz frequencies, with no extra charge.? I don't know if Yaesu still do that, or whether that's possible in Canada.

73
?? Darrel aa7fv

On 6/3/2024 18:09, Randy KB0NAV via groups.io wrote:

I seem to remember that when my radio came from the factory 60m channel 5 was wrong. I used chirp to change the frequency of that channel. If that worked I suspect you could change to use the ones you're talking about.

??? Randy

On 6/4/24 00:34, Don VE3IDS via groups.io wrote:
Hi Steve,?

Thanks, yes I am aware of the out of band protection is gone. I want to be able to use the 5351.5 to 5366.5 MHz band and fixed memory locations aren't friendly to that.?

The clicking noise I was experiencing wasn't bandpass relay noise. This was if you were listening to a CW signal and not changing frequency. If you were slightly off frequency and the green receive light wasn't blinking to blue, there was no noise. If you were exactly on his frequency and the blue light was blinking to the CW note, there was a click on the leading edge of each character. It was like the AGC was too aggressive or there was noise being generated by the LED driver. A reset cleared whatever it was so it wasn't hardware related. Glad it's gone that easily! I'm enjoying the rig.?

73 Don ve3ids?


On Mon., Jun. 3, 2024, 7:50 p.m. Steve Lenaghan via , <steve.lenaghan=[email protected]> wrote:
Remember to be careful tuning as your out of band protection is lost.

The band pass relays in the final click during tuning.? There is an earlier post from me indicating what those frequencies are

I have my 60 meters programmed into my memory in the 60's number group

73 Steve VE5SR/CIW406

Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

Hi Randy,?

I could add the 5 channels to memory in additional slots with CW capacity but I don't know of a way to be able to use a band not just the fixed channels with just memories. We have a narrow band available to us up here in Canada now around channel 3. It goes from 5351.5 to 5366.5 and we can use a vfo in that small band. I believe it hasn't been authorized in the USA yet.?

73 Don ve3ids?


On Mon., Jun. 3, 2024, 9:13 p.m. Randy KB0NAV via , <randy.ralphs=[email protected]> wrote:

I seem to remember that when my radio came from the factory 60m channel 5 was wrong. I used chirp to change the frequency of that channel. If that worked I suspect you could change to use the ones you're talking about.

??? Randy

On 6/4/24 00:34, Don VE3IDS via wrote:
Hi Steve,?

Thanks, yes I am aware of the out of band protection is gone. I want to be able to use the 5351.5 to 5366.5 MHz band and fixed memory locations aren't friendly to that.?

The clicking noise I was experiencing wasn't bandpass relay noise. This was if you were listening to a CW signal and not changing frequency. If you were slightly off frequency and the green receive light wasn't blinking to blue, there was no noise. If you were exactly on his frequency and the blue light was blinking to the CW note, there was a click on the leading edge of each character. It was like the AGC was too aggressive or there was noise being generated by the LED driver. A reset cleared whatever it was so it wasn't hardware related. Glad it's gone that easily! I'm enjoying the rig.?

73 Don ve3ids?


On Mon., Jun. 3, 2024, 7:50 p.m. Steve Lenaghan via , <steve.lenaghan=[email protected]> wrote:
Remember to be careful tuning as your out of band protection is lost.

The band pass relays in the final click during tuning.? There is an earlier post from me indicating what those frequencies are

I have my 60 meters programmed into my memory in the 60's number group

73 Steve VE5SR/CIW406

Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

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I seem to remember that when my radio came from the factory 60m channel 5 was wrong. I used chirp to change the frequency of that channel. If that worked I suspect you could change to use the ones you're talking about.

??? Randy

On 6/4/24 00:34, Don VE3IDS via groups.io wrote:

Hi Steve,?

Thanks, yes I am aware of the out of band protection is gone. I want to be able to use the 5351.5 to 5366.5 MHz band and fixed memory locations aren't friendly to that.?

The clicking noise I was experiencing wasn't bandpass relay noise. This was if you were listening to a CW signal and not changing frequency. If you were slightly off frequency and the green receive light wasn't blinking to blue, there was no noise. If you were exactly on his frequency and the blue light was blinking to the CW note, there was a click on the leading edge of each character. It was like the AGC was too aggressive or there was noise being generated by the LED driver. A reset cleared whatever it was so it wasn't hardware related. Glad it's gone that easily! I'm enjoying the rig.?

73 Don ve3ids?


On Mon., Jun. 3, 2024, 7:50 p.m. Steve Lenaghan via , <steve.lenaghan=[email protected]> wrote:
Remember to be careful tuning as your out of band protection is lost.

The band pass relays in the final click during tuning.? There is an earlier post from me indicating what those frequencies are

I have my 60 meters programmed into my memory in the 60's number group

73 Steve VE5SR/CIW406

Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

Hi Steve,?

Thanks, yes I am aware of the out of band protection is gone. I want to be able to use the 5351.5 to 5366.5 MHz band and fixed memory locations aren't friendly to that.?

The clicking noise I was experiencing wasn't bandpass relay noise. This was if you were listening to a CW signal and not changing frequency. If you were slightly off frequency and the green receive light wasn't blinking to blue, there was no noise. If you were exactly on his frequency and the blue light was blinking to the CW note, there was a click on the leading edge of each character. It was like the AGC was too aggressive or there was noise being generated by the LED driver. A reset cleared whatever it was so it wasn't hardware related. Glad it's gone that easily! I'm enjoying the rig.?

73 Don ve3ids?


On Mon., Jun. 3, 2024, 7:50 p.m. Steve Lenaghan via , <steve.lenaghan=[email protected]> wrote:
Remember to be careful tuning as your out of band protection is lost.

The band pass relays in the final click during tuning.? There is an earlier post from me indicating what those frequencies are

I have my 60 meters programmed into my memory in the 60's number group

73 Steve VE5SR/CIW406

Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

Remember to be careful tuning as your out of band protection is lost.

The band pass relays in the final click during tuning.? There is an earlier post from me indicating what those frequencies are

I have my 60 meters programmed into my memory in the 60's number group

73 Steve VE5SR/CIW406
Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

??A bug in the firmware, I would think. Thank you for sharing the fix??

On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 at 22:18, Don VE3IDS via <ve3ids.don=[email protected]> wrote:
I seem to have found my answer. I did the Mars mod to get 60 metres. In Canada we have a little band around channel 3 as well as the 5 channels and CW as well. The original memory channels are only the 5 channels and USB only. After doing the master reset, the odd clicking noise is gone. It must have been some setting that was done in the past.?

73 Don ve3ids?

Re: FT 857d clicking noise

 

I seem to have found my answer. I did the Mars mod to get 60 metres. In Canada we have a little band around channel 3 as well as the 5 channels and CW as well. The original memory channels are only the 5 channels and USB only. After doing the master reset, the odd clicking noise is gone. It must have been some setting that was done in the past.?

73 Don ve3ids?
FT 857d clicking noise

 

I just got an 857d and am getting to know it. One thing I have noticed is a click type noise on CW receive when you are tuned on frequency and the green receive light changes to blue. I understand the light changing to blue is to show you that you are in the centre of the passband and are on received frequency. This is a good indicator but I get this click noise that follows the CW when the light switches to blue. It's this normal for these rigs??

Thanks?
73 Don ve3ids?
FT-857/897 with ALE

 

Because Automatic Link Enable scans multiple frequencies, these are not ideal radios because of the wear and tear on the PA filter relays

To prevent this you can configure your scan groups into segments so you can scan at lease some of of the channels some of the time

The bands are as follows
  1. 0.1Mhz - 1.8 MHz
  2. 1.8 MHz - 3.4 MHz
  3. 3.4 MHz – 6.9 MHz
  4. 6.9 MHz – 13.9 MHz
  5. 13.9 MHz – 20.9 MHz
  6. 20.9 MHz – 33 MHz
73 Steve VE5SR
Re: Low power output (<1W) on 40,80 & 160M only.

 

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Hi
I had same problem ?last year (although different bands), reset didn’t do anything. ?it was a relay I believe. Yeasu fixed it under warrantee.
Cheers
Mike

Mike Christie
Cell?+61 407 998208

On 15 Apr 2024, at 02:47, W7SS via groups.io <kf7dur@...> wrote:

?Has anyone run into this before?
My 857D has very low power output on 40,80 & 160M only.
The radio draws very little current on the bands with the problem
100W on other bands.
Rx okay on all bands
Did a full reset
Did the relay clean procedure
I can't find any path in the relay switching that only includes those bands.

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