In a message dated 9/12/00 6:12:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pres@... writes:
I just read the story... and I'm confused. Here is something from the
paragraph above the picture of the FT-817...
"we introduced a backpack portable transceiver, the FT-817, providing up
to five watts of power output from its completely self-contained, battery-
powered case. On 160-2 meters, plus the 430 MHz band!"
OK... here is says it will provide 5 watts output om 160-2 meters, plus
70cm. This includes 6m. Then I read the following...
"it comes equipped from the factory with a shoulder strap, an alkaline
battery case, and an antenna that is designed for the 50, 144, and 430
MHz bands."
OK... it says the antenna is designed for 6m, 2m, and 70cm. Then I
got to this part of the story...
"Frequency coverage: the 817 transmits on the 160-10 meter bands, plus
2 meters and 70 centimeters;"
Something is missing here... it doesn't mention transmitting on 6m!!!
After reading this, I sent a message to Chip Margelli (the writer of the
story) asking if this was a typo error or if in fact the FT-817 doesn't
transmit on 6m. I'm hoping it is a typo error.
Mike - N1EVH
n1evh@...
