Several variables there, band, coax, antenna, etc.??? Sooo…?? -MY-?? FT-817ND measures 380 ma RX ±, 1.89 A TX ±, and my average is generally 800 mAh giving my internal battery about 4 + a little hours of life. ? Mike – KD5KC -- El Paso -- Texas. ? The canyons are calling, colorful and deep.? But I have promises to keep. And miles to go still in my Jeep...?? And miles to go still in my Jeep... ? 
? ADVENTURE:? The respectful pursuit of trouble. ? ? ? ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Eric Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 17:12 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [ft817] Repairing the VR-UNIT of a FT-817ND ? Just the fact that the serial number begins with 8N indicates that it was manufactured in December 2008 which was well after the ND started being produced so it is an ND. ? ? ? Yes, I first thought I had the FT-817 original and was locating parts using the service manual for that, and then a few days later I was inspecting the final module PA transistors and it hit me, this is the FT-817ND – huh, a welcome discovery indeed. So I was able to find the FT-817ND service manual which is more or less the same, (with the same mistakes) but? additional sections. ? I agree with others who say the label on the new radios should have read FT-817ND. Perhaps the FCC filing requirements were too onerous for the new batch, or that the original FCC filing for FT-817 covered the 60m band coverage? Who knows. ? Can anyone tell me the observed max current draw at full Tx power on DC input for the FT-817ND? I am expecting a bench linear power supply shortly, and need to make cables and set the current limit. ? 73 de N3RDX ? ? I would recommend you get the FT817 "Service Manual", I think it can be downloaded from Yaesu. Your FT817 looks pretty good inside.? So the case is scratched a little, not biggie, it is not dented or damaged. Spring Hill, Florida
146.64 repeater, 1100 ft HAAT On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 12:05:28 PM EDT, Marty Hartwell <mhartwe@...> wrote: Hi Samudra
Thanks for sharing the photos. I see what you mean about the hard life
of this rig.
Wow, my original 817 look pristine compared to that one. But then I do
always take care
of my stuff.
Marty kd8bj
On 8/18/20 10:36 AM, Samudra wrote:
> I believe the moderator may have deleted the images to conserve storage space. I requested it be done so if it helps the storage issue on groups.io. Hopefully the moderator will consider adjusting the group settings to resize images to small size/limit image sizes for future posts.
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> I apologize to all for not realizing that my images were being posted/stored with full high resolution - that was not what I wanted. For now, I am only sharing from my personal account due to limitations as I do other work on the computer. It's a folder of all photos of the current FT-817ND repair project. I haven't worked out a method for indexing at this moment. No commentary. I am the photographer for copyright purposes. All rights reserved.
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> The first few photos (timestamp is synchronous) show the very odd 3D plastic printed case that the transceiver was "fitted very tightly" in by an unknown party about 3 years ago. That was AFTER they had tried to repair it. I couldn't get anywhere with sliding it off the case, so I used a pliers to tear it off. Seriously ? I'll replace it with a more user friendly and easy to maintain rail/cover/jacket/bag if the radio system comes to life. Maybe even a neoprene rubber cover but that's just an idle thought? for now.
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> If anyone can QSL the sharing process, that would be great.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Marty Hartwell
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ft817] Repairing the VR-UNIT of a FT-817ND
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> Just as a point to this, I never saw any pictures to any of these subject emails. So I guess
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> Marty kd8bj
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> On 8/18/20 9:45 AM, David J Taylor via groups.io wrote:
>> Please, please, PLEASE, stop sending multi-megabyte pictures as
>> attachments. Find some better place to put them, or reduce the
>> resolution so that the message takes up far less space.? When your
>> message hit my inbox at 3AM, it caused all my email to stop because it
>> filled my mailbox.? I lost multiple subscriptions due to bouncing
>> email, and all the mail traffic from 3AM until 8AM, when I discovered
>> the clot.
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>> Thanks
>> Mike, WB4TTZ
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>> Mike,
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>> I don't like that either!
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>> However, there is a simple cure which you can implement.? Review your
>> group subscription settings, Advanced (IIRC), and you can set the
>> maximum attachment size to 0 - "no attachments".? Instead the images
>> are stored in the group and a link to each image is provided at the
>> end of the e-mail. Best of both worlds!? Applies to files, too.? I
>> always use Plain Text for incoming which message size even further.
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>> You can do this for all you Groups.IO subscriptions.
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>> Folk should always try to make the file the smallest possible, while
>> keeping enough resolution to that the detail in the image is clearly
>> visible.? Quite an art!
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>> 73,
>> David GM8ARV
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