Re: LI-ION battery issues ?
What is the product battery of the Li-ion battery you used and the product number of the charger ? Have you used a charger capable of charging Li-ons ?
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Re: LI-ION battery issues ?
Nolan,
I have Motorola, Yaesu, Icom, and Wouxun HT's that all came from the
factory with Li-Ion batteries and have had no problems whatsoever.
On another note, perhaps the problem is with your charger.
73, Jim K5JG
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On 8/3/2016 12:55 PM, Nolan@... [FT-60] wrote:
Site I bought the battery from is processing an RMA as there is a
one-year warranty so I don't have any concerns there, but the location
did mention that some HTs are not happy with the LI-ION chemistry.
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Just curious if anyone has experienced problems using LI-ION batteries in their FT-60? I bought one earlier this year and after charging with proper charging device used the HT a few times with no issues. Fast forward to the past two days and again made sure the battery was charged and tried to prep for a local club event and the HT shuts down after about 20-seconds of talk time.? Appears to be no power in the LI-ION battery.? I put the original battery back in the FT-60 and all is working fine. I'm doing some more trouble-shooting now to see if I can continue to repeat the failure. Site I bought the battery from is processing an RMA as there is a one-year warranty so I don't have any concerns there, but the location did mention that some HTs are not happy with the LI-ION chemistry. Thus the reason for my post.? I'm just looking for some data if anyone else has experienced similar. 73, Nolan K. KI5IO
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Re: Best antenna for airband (108-137Mhz) reception?
Jim,
For base station use, I have good luck with a 300 ohm dipole hung vertically. I put mine about 30ft up in a big oak tree in my back yard, but attic deployment works OK as long as you dont have tile roof (tile normally has high metal content shielding out signals).
You can build from scratch, or if you have an FM dipole laying around, just cut it down for resonance at mid band, say 123 MHz.
Feed it with a 75:300 TV transformer you have lying around and run coax as far as you want. Terminate with cable TV connector and purchase adapter for SMA or BNC as you wish.
Good luck and best 73's,
Dave
KG4MGB
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Hello,
What is a good recommendation for an antenna for the 108-137Mhz range?
I currently have a Diamond SRH77CA on my FT-60r, but it's failing to
pick up traffic whereas my CCrane with a short telescopic chrome
antenna receives fine.
Tia,
-Jim P.
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Re: Best antenna for airband (108-137Mhz) reception?
Jim,
Per the FT-60R specs in the back of the manual, Air Band sensitivity is
.8uv which is much worse than the .2uv on 2m and 70cm. The reduced
sensitivity coupled with an antenna not designed for the band makes for
less than stellar performance.
You might want to take look at the Comet SMA-503. It's specs say it
covers down to 118 MHz, so it might work ok on the Air Band as well.
73, Jim K5JG
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On 7/20/2016 6:25 PM, Jim Popovitch jimpop@... [FT-60] wrote:
Hello,
What is a good recommendation for an antenna for the 108-137Mhz range?
I currently have a Diamond SRH77CA on my FT-60r, but it's failing to
pick up traffic whereas my CCrane with a short telescopic chrome
antenna receives fine.
Tia,
-Jim P.
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Re: Best antenna for airband (108-137Mhz) reception?
You could build a discone antenna that should work well, pretty easily. I googled, and there were a lot of hits for it.
From: "Jim Popovitch jimpop@... [FT-60]"
To: FT-60@...
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 6:25 PM
Subject: [FT-60] Best antenna for airband (108-137Mhz) reception?
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Hello,
What is a good recommendation for an antenna for the 108-137Mhz range?
I currently have a Diamond SRH77CA on my FT-60r, but it's failing to
pick up traffic whereas my CCrane with a short telescopic chrome
antenna receives fine.
Tia,
-Jim P.
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Re: Best antenna for airband (108-137Mhz) reception?
I don't think you are going to get any s\mall antenna that will be a big inprovement over the stock antenna. It will tune down there but is not designed to be a airband receiver.
? K3CLT
Chuck Tobias
From: "Jim Popovitch jimpop@... [FT-60]"
To: FT-60@...
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 7:25 PM
Subject: [FT-60] Best antenna for airband (108-137Mhz) reception?
?
Hello,
What is a good recommendation for an antenna for the 108-137Mhz range?
I currently have a Diamond SRH77CA on my FT-60r, but it's failing to
pick up traffic whereas my CCrane with a short telescopic chrome
antenna receives fine.
Tia,
-Jim P.
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Re: Best antenna for airband (108-137Mhz) reception?
I have been using a Comet SMA24 for some time and am very happy with its performance.?
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Jerry, KG7NOR
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Live simple, love well, and take time to smell the flowers along the way. ~ Mark Twain
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Hello,
What is a good recommendation for an antenna for the 108-137Mhz range?
I currently have a Diamond SRH77CA on my FT-60r, but it's failing to
pick up traffic whereas my CCrane with a short telescopic chrome
antenna receives fine.
Tia,
-Jim P.
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Best antenna for airband (108-137Mhz) reception?
Hello,
What is a good recommendation for an antenna for the 108-137Mhz range?
I currently have a Diamond SRH77CA on my FT-60r, but it's failing to
pick up traffic whereas my CCrane with a short telescopic chrome
antenna receives fine.
Tia,
-Jim P.
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
I don't understand the problems everyone is having. I have had? a FT-60 over two years and the only problem I have had is not using the batteries that everyone is trying to install to the FT-60. The only problem I have had is not reading the complete FT-60 manual. I use it with the cities monthly emergency storm sirens and it does the job. James Boyd KA5FVG
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
Any Eneloop AA larger than 2000mHa is just too large in circumference to
fit properly in the battery tray.? Been there, done that.? Expensive
lesson.
73
John
KU8Q
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
I think someone mentioned that problem in this forum and, I think, a fix, but it has not been a problem here. You might try searching for “Eneloop” in the forum to see what pops up. ? 73,
JERRY, N3AA
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
I bought two Yaesu trays and enough Enloop AA batteries to fill them. They appear to hold their charge very well in storage; however, I can't get the clip to close. It appears the Enloops are slightly bigger in diameter. Just enough so the latch won't
clip.?
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Jerry, KG7NOR
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I think a good solution is to purchase one or two of the AA-cell battery trays for the radio (I just have one tray, but have been thinking of getting one more), each of which holds six batteries. Then get enough Eneloop batteries to fill the
trays you have plus one more set of six so you can have one full tray in the radio, one full tray as a spare with you, and be charging a third set of batteries.
I have found Costco has Eneloops at very affordable prices: They come in "oddball" sets, with a number of AA cells, some AAA's, and some sets include others (C and/or D) that you can use for other purposes (such as flashlights). Each set I
have seen includes a four-battery charger, so you need two sets to get chargers to charge an entire FT-60 load of six all at one time. They claim to have a shelf life of?five years without significant loss of charge (hold "up to 70%"), come charged and ready
to use, and can be recharged 2100 times!
I have three of the Costco sets, though with just one FT-60 tray, so I have enough AA cells for two loads in the radio plus two loads of four?in my camera flash! (They are a huge improvement in the flash compared to alkaline cells.) The three
sets also give me two chargers for the cells used in the radio plus a charger to go in my camera bag.
JERRY, N3AA
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
I think a good solution is to purchase one or two of the AA-cell battery trays for the radio (I just have one tray, but have been thinking of getting one more), each of which holds six batteries. Then get enough Eneloop batteries to fill the trays you have plus one more set of six so you can have one full tray in the radio, one full tray as a spare with you, and be charging a third set of batteries.
I have found Costco has Eneloops at very affordable prices: They come in "oddball" sets, with a number of AA cells, some AAA's, and some sets include others (C and/or D) that you can use for other purposes (such as flashlights). Each set I have seen includes a four-battery charger, so you need two sets to get chargers to charge an entire FT-60 load of six all at one time. They claim to have a shelf life of?five years without significant loss of charge (hold "up to 70%"), come charged and ready to use, and can be recharged 2100 times!
I have three of the Costco sets, though with just one FT-60 tray, so I have enough AA cells for two loads in the radio plus two loads of four?in my camera flash! (They are a huge improvement in the flash compared to alkaline cells.) The three sets also give me two chargers for the cells used in the radio plus a charger to go in my camera bag.
JERRY, N3AA
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
? Got mine from Amazon $13.59 with free shipping. ?
? ? Since this is a new purchase I have no info on how this battery pack will perform. ? Hank? KB1JLA ? ? ? ?
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From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 1:51 AM
To: FT-60@...
Subject: Re: [FT-60] FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?? ? Where did you purchase the battery and how much please. I need to get a few also. mine been doing same tyhing for a long time. got a ft1dr so not using the ft-60 as much.???
I have seen cheap batteries but do they really last long enough for the price. I prefer to buy good battery at fair price and last 2x longer.
Any suggestions on a best mah for the ft-60 also.
OH dont throw away the old battery, interstate battery is supposed to have cells you can rebuild them yourself. for me it is easier to buy new and be safe.
Also keep older batteries for recv only while other battery charging. at least you can listen in case of emergency times. Just not xmit thats all. I have a original ft-60 battery that is gone basically but for recv it lasts 3 days straight. so dont throw away use them this way iof nothing else. save our landfills somehow !!
Thanks in advanced.
fred rugar
ke5htb
n 7/16/2016 7:47 AM, 'hank' hanklane@... [FT-60] wrote: ? Installing a new FNB-83 battery has solved the problem. Transmitting is working fine now. Appreciate all the suggestions. Hank? KB1JLA ? ? ? Hello All
"We are assuming that you are loading a freq within the ham bands, right?"
But even if the frequency is out of band, or the capabilities of the radio,the normal behavior is 1) not to allow you to store the out of band values and 2) The radio will not allow you to transmit by beeping and reverting back to a legitimate frequency.
It will not shut down and reboot simply because you are out of band?!
Or am I missing something.
The fact that the radio has been dormant suggest a depleted battery or some bizzar thing happened to it while in storage.
If you program anything else, in any other memory will this behavior occur?
73
Wassim
WN6WJN
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
Hey Fred and All,
As you said "OH dont throw away the old battery" when you have the time, you can disassemble them, and make an AA battery tray out of them.
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
Where did you purchase the battery and
how much please. I need to get a few also. mine been doing same
tyhing for a long time. got a ft1dr so not using the ft-60 as
much.???
I have seen cheap batteries but do they really last long enough
for the price. I prefer to buy good battery at fair price and last
2x longer.
Any suggestions on a best mah for the ft-60 also.
OH dont throw away the old battery, interstate battery is supposed
to have cells you can rebuild them yourself. for me it is easier
to buy new and be safe.
Also keep older batteries for recv only while other battery
charging. at least you can listen in case of emergency times. Just
not xmit thats all. I have a original ft-60 battery that is gone
basically but for recv it lasts 3 days straight. so dont throw
away use them this way iof nothing else. save our landfills
somehow !!
Thanks in advanced.
fred rugar
ke5htb
n 7/16/2016 7:47 AM, 'hank' hanklane@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Installing
a new FNB-83 battery has solved the problem.
Transmitting is working fine now. Appreciate all the
suggestions.
Hank?
KB1JLA
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Hello All
"We are assuming that you are loading a freq
within the ham bands, right?"
But even if the frequency is out of band, or the
capabilities of the radio,the normal behavior is
1) not to allow you to store the out of band
values and 2) The radio will not allow you to
transmit by beeping and reverting back to a
legitimate frequency.
It will not shut down and reboot simply because
you are out of band?!
Or am I missing something.
The fact that the radio has been dormant suggest a
depleted battery or some bizzar thing happened to
it while in storage.
If you program anything else, in any other memory
will this behavior occur?
73
Wassim
WN6WJN
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
Installing a new FNB-83 battery has solved the problem. Transmitting is working fine now. Appreciate all the suggestions. Hank? KB1JLA ?
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From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 9:28 PM
To: FT-60@...
Subject: Re: [FT-60] FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?? ? Hello All
"We are assuming that you are loading a freq within the ham bands, right?"
But even if the frequency is out of band, or the capabilities of the radio,the normal behavior is 1) not to allow you to store the out of band values and 2) The radio will not allow you to transmit by beeping and reverting back to a legitimate frequency.
It will not shut down and reboot simply because you are out of band?!
Or am I missing something.
The fact that the radio has been dormant suggest a depleted battery or some bizzar thing happened to it while in storage.
If you program anything else, in any other memory will this behavior occur?
73
Wassim
WN6WJN
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Re: FT-60 Possible Problem- suggestions?
Hello All
"We are assuming that you are loading a freq within the ham bands, right?"
But even if the frequency is out of band, or the capabilities of the radio,the normal behavior is 1) not to allow you to store the out of band values and 2) The radio will not allow you to transmit by beeping and reverting back to a legitimate frequency.
It will not shut down and reboot simply because you are out of band?!
Or am I missing something.
The fact that the radio has been dormant suggest a depleted battery or some bizzar thing happened to it while in storage.
If you program anything else, in any other memory will this behavior occur?
73
Wassim
WN6WJN
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Re: ADMS-1J has been SOLD
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On Jul 13, 2016, at 12:41 PM, Jim K5JG k5jg@... [FT-60] < FT-60@...> wrote:
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The ADMS-1J programming kit has been sold.
73, Jim K5JG
On 7/12/2016 9:22 PM, Jim K5JG wrote:
> I have the following FT-60R accessories for sale:
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> 1 - RT Systems ADMS-1J Programming Software (with installation key) &
> USB Cable all in the original box.
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Hank-