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Anybody got a glue of when Yaesu will introduce this rig in Europe ?

Regards,

Erik
OZ1GIY

Well, I guess initially there will be a price premium because the rig will be
new but it SHOULD be cheaper than the FT-100............ let's wait and see.

73's

Vic
G7PYR

You Guys Crack Me Up!

A nice new QRP rig and you want to crank up the Tx power!

OK, OK I want the 'out of band Tx' for official use and I guess it will be
quite easy as most 'rice boxes' have this inherent ability but, crank up the
Tx power...... to what?

73's

Vic
G7PYR

Gentlemen,
just got this e-mail from YAESU UK (so I guess it is relevant to
the rest of Europe),

<< Dear Mr Tuff,

Thank you for your e-mail. I had received the reply from Japan separately
today as well.

The FT-817 is a new product that was originally only planned for the
Japanese domestic market. However as a result of the demand generated
our Corporate HQ is looking at the possibility of making it available in
Europe and the USA.

The decision has not been made yet, but I am hopeful that we will be
able to announce something at the Leicester Show (Big Ham rally in the UK) in
September. >>

Lets keep our fingers crossed!

73's

Vic
G7PYR

Here is the reply I got from YAESU Japan when I enquired about purchasing
direct form Japan.

73's

Vic
G7PYR

Went to the ARRL New England Convention in Boxboro, MA
yesterday. The people at the Yaesu booth had a prototype
of the FT-817 with them. It was a nice looking small
radio.

I noticed the BNC jack on the front of the radio, but
they didn't have any rubber duck antenna attached to it.
If I had seen a antenna attached to it, it would've made
me ask which bands it was for.

They didn't have any brochures there for the radio. I
asked when they expect it to be released in the US and
they said hopefully in December.

Mike - N1EVH
n1evh@...

If this hasn't been posted yet, here is the Yaesu link




73, TR
W7TRX

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Victor Tuff wrote:

Hi Gang,
I just found this reflector and thought I'd share a few interesting
threads. I was one of the early Field Testers for the now infamous
ELECRAFT K2...

That's 'famous' not 'infamous'!

As my dear ol' gray haired mum from Blackpool says, "Why can't the English
teach their children how to speak?" :-)

I want an FT-817 too, but it had better not have the problems that the
(including my) FT-100 had at the beginning.

73! =paul= W8KC
Collector of Ten*Tecs and other fine plastics.
Visit the Virtual Ten*Tec Museum at:
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Hi Gang,
I just found this reflector and thought I'd share a few interesting
threads. I was one of the early Field Testers for the now infamous
ELECRAFT K2 QRP kit (SN#00039) and am still a member of that
reflector. About 3 days ago someone mentioned the FT-817 as most
people on the K2 group are avid QRP'ers so he thought most would be
interested in this new rig. Well he together with myself who also
contributed to the input were pounced on by a mixture of very
interested fellow HAMS who wanted to know more and some who
considered it sacrilege to mention any rig other than the K2 on it's
reflector. Myself and many others took the veiw that YAESU saw the
stir that QRP was making and thought that they would enter the fray,
it also shows that the indiginous QRP Novice rigs in Japan are
filtering out to the rest of the world.
For those who couldn't find the official pictures on YAESU Japans
website here is the URL <<

I myself would want one for use portable configured as

a 'military' type packset even if that means customising the
installation. I would also want it modified for wide band Tx for use
on the Military channels issued here in the UK to the Air Cadets
(like the Civil Air Patrol and MARS Mods). I'll stay on this
reflector and as soon as they become available for sale
anywhere...... I'LL BUY ONE!

73's

Vic Tuff
G7PYR

Hello from the Eastern Shore of MD
I just heard about the 817 a few days ago and have seen the pix and the spec sheet. Let me say that I am very excited about this rig coming to the US market.

The only NEW radio I have every purchased in nearly 40 yrs as a ham has been the Yaesu FT-290MKII. This FT-817 will be the 2nd if good reports are had on it and I hope to hear the reports on this list!

Paul Gerhardt K3PG
ex WN2NDJ, WB2NDJ, WB4INT, KB3HH, WG3J since '62
Centreville, MD on the Eastern Shore of MD

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Hello to the List. Keith here in the Depths of the Great Bergen
Swamps of WNY...

If I read properly "between the lines", the long duckie was the 6-
Meter duck. Mentioned were duck for 6M/2M/.7M in one of the posts.

73, Keith, WB2VUO
100% QRP from the Depths of the Great Bergen Swamps
"My night light runs more power than my Rig!!!'

mailto:wb2vuo@...

At 22:22 24.08.00, you wrote:

Does anyone have handy the web address of the Mexican ham who saw one at
Yokohama, or the Yaesu "experts" page? If not, I may have the info at home.

www.xe1kk.net

73
Christian
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mailto:c.buenger@...
fax2mail: +49 25 61 / 95 94 29 92

At 22:49 24.08.00, you wrote:

I guess that brings up another point. Did they say if the 817 includes an
integral tuner. That would be a real plus and since a tuner that could
handle random antennas at 5 watts could be real small, I'd think it was a
possibility. But then there are things like the LDG QRP tuner and some
considerably smaller I believe.

hmm... that's good point... A tuner for five watts is really small... YOu would just need a few coils and capacities...

But I don't think that it contains one. Otherwise it would have been mentioned, because this would be a major advantage... Think of it.. Just attach a few feet of wires and your on air... Awesome!

73
Christian
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fax2mail: +49 25 61 / 95 94 29 92

At 22:02 24.08.00, you wrote:

Does anybody know if the FT-817 includes a portable HF antenna? I saw a
picture with a looooooooooong ;) rubber duck antenna... Is this one for
shortwave?

Can't answer your question, Christian, but where did you find the picture?
I've just been searching the Web, including all the Yaesu sites, but can't
find any reference anywhere. Anyone else know?

found it on www.xe1kk.net . He had a picture with a longer rubber duck in a back pack on his page.

73
Christian
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mailto:c.buenger@...
fax2mail: +49 25 61 / 95 94 29 92

Another interesting feature of the images on that web site is this one. If
you look closely, you can see that the antenna connected to the jack on
the back of the radio has what appears to be a tuned counterpoise sticking
out at a right angle to the verticle portion of the antenna.



I wonder if that's an antenna that the low power portable HF types already
know about or if this is something relatively new that's being done for
this radio. In any case, it certainly helps to solve some of the problems
with limited space antennas for HF portable operation. Although, my
preference would still be a lightweight tuner and a wire antenna when
possible.

I guess that brings up another point. Did they say if the 817 includes an
integral tuner. That would be a real plus and since a tuner that could
handle random antennas at 5 watts could be real small, I'd think it was a
possibility. But then there are things like the LDG QRP tuner and some
considerably smaller I believe.

Oh! ... Welcome to the list everyone.

Chuck - N8DXN

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Does anybody know if the FT-817 includes a portable HF antenna? I saw a
picture with a looooooooooong ;) rubber duck antenna... Is this one for
shortwave?

Can't answer your question, Christian, but where did you find the picture?
I've just been searching the Web, including all the Yaesu sites, but can't
find any reference anywhere. Anyone else know?

Does anyone have handy the web address of the Mexican ham who saw one at
Yokohama, or the Yaesu "experts" page? If not, I may have the info at home.

By the way, there are over FIFTY of us now, in the second day of operation.
Cool.

Pres Waterman W2PW
c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc.
Long Island Ford and Kia dealer

GO BILLS!

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from Christian Buenger <c.buenger@...> contains these words:

Hi FT-817er's ...

Does anybody know if the FT-817 includes a portable HF antenna? I saw a
picture with a looooooooooong ;) rubber duck antenna... Is this one for
shortwave?

Can't answer your question, Christian, but where did you find the picture?
I've just been searching the Web, including all the Yaesu sites, but can't
find any reference anywhere. Anyone else know?


Bob, G8IYK