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From: xtalradio@...
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:58:02 -0000

It seems Yaesu designed the FT-817 to be used
for VHF/UHF transceive in the over-the-shoulder
walking mode. Hence the BNC on the face pointing
upwards, compatible with VHF/UHF duckies.

I'm not totally sure that it addresses your issues, but the antenna
jack used for a set of bands seems to configurable, so you can have HF
on the front as well as, or instead of, VHF/UHF.

There is no provision for mounting an efficient
HF whip antenna on the FT-817 directly.

Everything but the bag can be easily assembled to an individual's
requirements, as far as I can tell.

The concept/design for such a structure might include:
1)ergonomic backpack for radio mounting
2)standard thread whip mount

It seems to me that having this separate from the radio itself might be
stronger and less likely to damage the radio, and if the tuner is a
separate item would of course, be moot.

3)manual or semi-auto antenna tuner
I think this has already been covered.

4)auxiliary battery pack

Such a concept could form the basis for some
entrepreneurial aftermarket product activity.
The "Worldpack (tm)" backpack is a good
start, but the existing model ,designed
for ICOM-706, is not optimum for the tiny FT-817.

73---Bonnie KQ6XA


IIRC, the Worldpack is designed to include one of the Outback
antennas. Is it really operable as a backpack?

73, doug


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