Re: FT-817 Replacement
I think it looks like a good little radio and I’m quite excited about it.
The aftermarket will come up with protective rails/cages very quickly, in fact I will probably have detailed measurements
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Kevin - K5KTM
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#115270
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
The FT-817/818 was an amazing collection of features and compromises, it's very unlikely it will be repeated any time soon. (As I recall it was a labor of love for one Yaesu Executive, he built the
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Ken N2VIP
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#115269
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
The form factor as been around since WW2 (WS32 rigs?), Midland Chicken Banders,
Yaesu with the original FT290 etc from the early 80's and ending with the FT818.
A tried and tested format, easy to
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G0FTD
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#115268
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Re: Weird behaviour with power supply
Hello,
Have you checked the output of your powersupply under a load? I had one that measured 12.5 volts with no load, but? when I connected to a radio, the output dropped to under 7 volts.
I had to
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Clyde Lambert
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#115267
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
Thanks, Mike.
73….Eric VK2VE.
Sent: Saturday, 7 September 2024 18:33
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ft817] FT-817 Replacement
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Eric van de Weyer
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#115266
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
Thanks, Steve. I would never have guessed that one.
73….Eric VK2VE.
Sent: Friday, 6 September 2024 21:25
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ft817] FT-817 Replacement
Application Specific
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Eric van de Weyer
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#115265
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
G’day Greg,
I wasn’t being particular.
You are correct.
Steve VK2ARS
Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2024 1:18 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ft817] FT-817 Replacement
Application Specific
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tomsdad97
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#115264
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
Application Specific Integrated Circuit, i.e. a custom part as opposed to a generic FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) for DSP (Digital Signal Processing), or indeed any custom IC replacing a number
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Mike EI9FEB
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#115263
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Re: Weird behaviour with power supply
I had the happen to me and got the small ring left in it by heating up a tip of a small safety pin and poking that into the yellow ring and slowly lifting it out off the power pin.
Marty kd8bj
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Marty Hartwell
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#115262
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Re: Weird behaviour with power supply
Check the power socket on the radio to see if the little yellow insulation tip on the end of the plug has not dislodged and is stuck in there. If that happened from another cable, you won’t be able
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VK1MA Matt
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#115261
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Re: Weird behaviour with power supply
You mean disconnect it from battery pack? Sorry I forgot to mention this, I have no battery pack installed (to be honest, I don't have my battery pack anymore). Or pull it from mainboard
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@gabrillo
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Re: Weird behaviour with power supply
Pull the battery connector and try again.
--
Al Skierkiewicz
WB9UVJ
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Al WB9UVJ
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#115259
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Weird behaviour with power supply
Hello everyone :)
I have recently came back to the ham radio hobby, and decided to remove some dust from my old FT-817 (not ND)
To my surprise, the unit refuses to turn on when connected to a 13.8V
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@gabrillo
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#115258
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
I like that it has a more modern chassis. The trend for faceplate on a slab
form factors is well established by icom with the 705, elecraft with kx2
and kx3, and the tx-599.
So far as features, I
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Greg Frazier
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#115257
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
Thank you for saying what _needed_ to be said, Ken!
The negativity, shortsightedness, and lack of gratitude around here lately has been increasingly unpleasant.
I wish Yaesu all the best with their
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Jeff WN1MB
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#115256
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
Application Specific Integrated Circuit, if we're
being particular.
Greg KO6TH
tomsdad97 via groups.io wrote:
Application Specific
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Greg D
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#115255
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
Application Specific Integrated Controller.ASICSteve VK2ARS
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tomsdad97
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#115254
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
Well said, Ken.
The FT-817 is a 25 years old design, based on a much older architecture. The FT-818 was a bit of industrial CPR to keep a very useful radio going as long as possible, because lots of
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G8DQX list
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#115253
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
I once went on a training course. The last 21 pages of the pre-read
document were definitions of all the acronyms used on the course. By day 4
of the course, the letters of the new acronyms we learned
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John
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#115252
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Re: FT-817 Replacement
“If NOTHING ELSE, the new field radio should appeal to all those so-called
FT-1634 owners who strapped two FT-817s together to have a great satellite
radio. (but of course, they complain they can't
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Paul R. Stoetzer
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#115251
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