I am going to be purchasing an FT-857d on a special very shortly. The
special has discounted prices on both the FC-40 and the ATAS-120.
Yaesu advertizes the FC-40 being used with a 102" to 108" whip. My
mobile situation requires that I use a flexible whip of between 50" to
60". Has anyone used the FC-40 mobile with this whip length and can
you tell me how much the lowest resonate frequency that the FC-40
would tune to changed?
Also, regarding the ATAS 120, can anyone give me the motorized coil
length and the whip length? Yaesu does not supply measured lengths of
each in their advertisements. The overall length seems to fall within
my needs but the length of the motorized coil may not meet the
restrictions I am working with.
Wiley WA5OTR
