开云体育I wonder if changing battery technologies would have required re-designing a board that would require re-certifying the radio as if it were a brand new product? Yaesu was selling FT-817, FT-817nd, and FT-818s about as fast as they could make them... if sales dropped, they might have considered changing some elements of the design, who knows?It was obvious at the time, to me anyway, that the FT-818 was designed to allow customers to buy new FT-817 type radio and be nearly 100% compatible with the entire ecosystem of OEM and 3rd-party accessories. Some seemed to feel that Yaesu was trying to offer the FT-818 as a new, improved design that current 817/817nd owners would want to upgrade to - I still remember the posts here complaining with statements like "I already have a TXCO, thank you very much! Epic fail Yaesu!" And my favorite "I didn't want 6 watts output, think of the shortened battery life from all that 'extra' RF!" (I have an FT-897 that I can still buy brand-new battery packs for - and I already have the bizzare charger contraption, it came with two dead batteries when I got the radio - but I struggle with spending $120 for about 8 amps of NiMH power when a 12-15 amp LiPO battery is the same money but infinitely more useful to me... but, the NiMH batteries fit so nicely in the case...) Be careful talking about the charging process of the 817/818 - some might label you a cry baby and blast you for not researching the radio fully before purchase! Ha-Ha, just kidding. Ken, N2VIP On Aug 8, 2024, at 13:29, Joseph Wonoski via groups.io <N1khb@...> wrote:
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