Re: FTX-1 Pricing Announced
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I have the VX-7R and the VX-8R??? ? But sometimes I still like the FT-530 the best. ? ? ? 73, Don N1EDF ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Zack Widup via groups.io
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2025 1:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ft817] FTX-1 Pricing Announced? Many years ago I built the famous Motorola AN-762 amp that puts out 100 watts with 5 watts drive on HF through 30 MHz. I get full power out of it driving it with the FT-817 except on 10 meters, where I get maybe 50 watts out. I have also had a VX-6R for many years. It is the best handheld I have owned. I use the receiver function for AM on medium wave and shortwave stations, and the FM reception in the 162 MHz weather band and the commercial FM band. And my home town has a 222 MHz repeater. I get to use the VX6R on it when I'm there. ? On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 9:31?AM peter oesterle via <phoesterle=[email protected]> wrote: I am on board with Zack. I have plenty of? FT817s?? to use as? IFs? or? TX? drivers? , or whatever.? They are still great for a? multitude of? ham and? non ham operations. Money is spent already.?? Its a known product? ,? legacy? RF architecture, and? draws? little? current ,? so it can be? used in the field for a long time. I have someone? working on carbon fibre covers? for the radio ,? to make it even more? field? friendly. Also have a chinese?? 45W? minipA?? for it ,?? that can use its own power supply. Its still one of the best all around?? radios to throw in a pack?? and go into the filed with. Yaesu should have kept with the FT817?? model? ,? as there? is still demand for it. ? They still make the? VX6R? HT.? which is?? probably one of the most versatile HTs? out there today. Seems that since Yaesu shed the? Vertex?? division,?? they went all out digital radio crazy. I'll keep lookimng for the? older stuff.?? I also have afew FT100s. Neat radio,? gives me? 100W all mode on? HF and? 6m? for very little space in the car. Full freq? coverage ,?? even 70 mhz .? Neat radio . FT857 is? more ergonomically friendly?? than the FT100.? Its tough to beat the? antenna port ? flexibility that the FT817 offers , allowing you to use a 2m? 5/8 wave? vertical for? 6m as well. Keep an Ft857 or Ft100 in teh car .? and? carry the FT817
I am not going to spend anywhere near that amount for a radio now. I have been perfectly happy with the FT817ND, mainly used as a 144 and 432 MHz IF rig for microwave transverters. There are a few bells and whistles it lacks, but in my usage I don't need them. I added the W1GHZ Panadapter mod and now I have figured out how to use a Raspberry Pi for the spectrum monitor using an RTL-SDR dongle. It's small and draws about 1/10 the current that my laptop does. That's important during portable operations using batteries. I also have an FT857D, which does have the DSP functions that the FT817 lacks. ? MSRP US looks like $1,700 for QRP 'Field' radio, $2,400 for 100 watt 'Optima' radio w/amp. ?
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