New Member - Couple Questions:
NEW to the FT60r world.? Nice to meet this group!
I'm not deeply technical, and like to keep things simple.? Main rig is FT857, and MicroHam TNC thingy.? Usually 40 Meter CW.? I have a newly
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Kevin Woods VE7KHI
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#19849
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
Followup: I just bought a pocket oscilloscope to play with. I can improve my understanding of a few things without risking my one reliable HT. This is cheaper than smoking my FT60 and can teach me
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Jayne Rising KD9WLM
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
Thanks to those who replied with the process. I am taking to heart the caution to not risk my good radio in this way, but I am curious how it would be done. I'll consider the Baofeng version of the
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Jayne Rising KD9WLM
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
In this vein, here’s a half-serious suggestion: put the white elephant
power supply on a shelf until someone gives or lends you an oscilloscope.
With it you’ll be able to see the input to and
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Phil Milazzo KC6OEI
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
I don't intend this as an insult but only a caution: it's probably best you
don't experiment with what I would consider a valuable piece of hardware if
you don't know what you are doing and by that I
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Will W6SWF
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
My two cents:
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/ysu-e-dc-6#overview
One end has bare wires, the other end has a jack for your radio.
Easy-peasy. I suggest you carefully examine the homebrew power
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Karl Kaucher
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
There's a DC jack on the radio that can accept a pretty wide voltage range. ?It's a 4x1.7mm coaxial jack. ?I got some adapters with PD triggers so that I can run it off USB power banks that can
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radellaf
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
I agree with you: Cheap power supplies can cause damage . I actually use
clip leads to power a few HTs with battery removed .73 K2FT
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gwbiam
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
I personally wouldn't connect a power supply made by someone without knowing how good it is. There is a possibility the power supply isn't filtered properly and could do damage to your nice FT-60 HT.
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Dean - KC9REN
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
Gary, there's no DC connection on the power supply. There are simply two poles as I described. From what the elmer who made the power supply said, one connects the HT via the two cables to the two
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Jayne Rising KD9WLM
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
DON'T TRUST IT!!! Use only the proper Yaesu power supply from the manufacturer, for the type of battery in your FT 60!!!?
Sent from AOL on Android
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:50 PM, Jayne Rising
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John Thacker
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#19839
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Re: connecting my HT to an external power supply
There is a DC in jack on the side of your HT. Have a look.
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Gary
KY8M
Macomb, MI.
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dcx3420
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connecting my HT to an external power supply
Hello,
So I was given an external power supply at the White Elephant gift exchange during the ham club Christmas party. I spoke with the guy who built it, and he said it's a 2 amp power supply that
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Jayne Rising KD9WLM
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#19837
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Re: FBA-25A battery holder question
Based on this conversation, I'm going to try the?Yaesu FBA-25A battery holder.? I don't use the radio much and this seems like a good choice, especially if my fingers are strong enough to get the
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Barry Meyer, WA9EQL
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Re: FNB-83 battery question
No balance circuitry.? When/if the battery life gets short, I'll check the cells individually and manually charge the low one.
Halden
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HF
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Re: FNB-83 battery question
Nice integration with the base. ?Did you have any balance circuitry, or just charge the two (I presume protected) cells in series?
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radellaf
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Re: FNB-83 battery question
Radellaf, See post # 19174 if this link doesn't work:
/g/Yaesu-FT-60/message/19174?
Halden
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HF
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Re: FNB-83 battery question
"At one time I modified an old mechanical (daily) timer" - back 20 years ago I used one of those with a 60 or 30 min on-time to keep cells charged, vs a low level trickle charge.? Back when we didn't
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radellaf
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Re: FNB-83 battery question
"?I stuffed 2 Li-ion flat cells into the enclosure and have been enjoying its lighter weight and higher capacity"
How did you rig a charger for those?? I've looked at a couple of options: bring out
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radellaf
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Re: FNB-83 battery question
Hi All,
I did the same with a mechanical timer.
The Yaesu automatic charger suits me now.
The seem to be plenty of WiFi power plugs with timers around and cheap too.
Andrew VK5CV
Get Outlook for
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Andrew Russell
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