It's unfortunate that an interesting question gets dumped due to one or two
going off on a tangent.
I was keen to see just where many of these radios had turned up and I don't
think this poll was less FT817 specific than one of the first regarding the 'tip'
for instance.
Now it seems we've lost the poll results. (I can't find them on site...)
At least this was fresh and new unlike the endless discussion of MP? &
ATX? antennas (shouldn't they be in an antenna group....).
As many have said before this is a fine medium and group for info regarding
our loved little rig.
Does it really matter if some-one is general in their descriptions for a general
question?
As for my 817 in NZ I've had it to the repair twice; once for failed dc socket
and once for frying the silicon itty-bits around the socket.
The latter to not!! having fused both legs of the lead.... yeah I know.
I've had a lot of fun with it as we all have seemed to.
As some-one else recently posted I got it for a portable (2nd) rig and all-
mode higher frequencies (my first 6m rig/contact) and due to earlier
discussion about broad-banding the tx am now intrigued about micro-wave
use as well.
And so the hobby goes....
All my contacts have been 5w with dipoles (at home) and cover all hf bands
(cw) and the world; though not as much of the latter as I would like! :)
I was urged by a friend to try building my own filter and he got a couple of the
500hz collins filters to build up as per instructions from early on this list if I
remember right.
Being a new ham it was a step but a heap of fun. Makes a great difference.
An alternative to Yaseu or Inrad... funny more haven't commented on that.
As stated many times before; pause before replying, no-one posts to irritate
tho some replys would beggar that belief.
Gud dx es 73
Ian ZL2IH
