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Re: Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention?
Marty Purselley
Anyone locate a vendor who would honor the prices? Hamcom is coming up in Arlington, but we usually don't get "Dayton" type deals.
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Marty AA5UN ----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Mitchelson To: FT817@... Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 5:45 AM Subject: RE: [FT817] Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention? I wonder if any of the dealers will honor thier Dayton prices for those of us who could not go? ;') -----Original Message----- From: kc8ldo@... [mailto:kc8ldo@...] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:56 PM To: FT817@... Subject: [FT817] Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention? I don't know about everyone else saying they were quoted a price of $669 USD at HRO. When I checked on Friday AM HRO was selling them for $639 UDS each!? So I got one, paid cash, and my printed sales slip shows the price I was quoted above. Maybe they were selling so fast they jacked the price up to match the vendor in the next booth, which was quoting a price of $669 USD each, later on. Hummm? The highest price I was quoted was $760 USD from Michigan Radio. When I said I could get one from HRO much cheaper I was told, by a sales agent at the vendor's booth, that they were "selling old stock, and not the model with the current factory changes". I checked at the Yaesu booth and was told that was completely untrue. Looks like Dayton's Hamvention is not the place for the careless shopper if they want to save money. 8->> Leland C. Scott KC8LDO To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: FT817-unsubscribe@... and for a great FAQ ( Frequently Asked Questions ) see Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to Yahoo! Groups Sponsor www. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: FT817-unsubscribe@... and for a great FAQ ( Frequently Asked Questions ) see Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
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Re: USER REPORT: DX, ANTENNAS (MP-1), ETC!!! Long Post...
Harry,
Could you gives us some more details on your dipole? Thanx, Arlan W8OW --- In FT817@y..., harry.edwards@s... wrote: This past weekend from my QTH in the SF Bay area I was able to workusing either my MP-1 set up in my backyard or a multi band shortened 40-10M dipole mounted at 10' AGL. |
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Re: I thought this was an FT-817 group, not a Kenwood group...
theshadow
Its only a hobby you know
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From: "Brian B. Riley, N1BQ" <n1bq@...> To: <FT817@...> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 10:17 PM Subject: RE: [FT817] Re: I thought this was an FT-817 group, not a Kenwood group... Questions ) see
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USER REPORT: DX, ANTENNAS (MP-1), ETC!!! Long Post...
I have been using my FT817 for several weeks and wanted to post some
feedback to the group, especially with regard to my field trials of the MP-1 antenna, etc. My goal with the 817 is two fold: a QRP WAS and a QRP WAC, so my comments and evaluation will come from that perspective. This past weekend from my QTH in the SF Bay area I was able to work the following states and DX: S.C*, AZ*, TX*, CO*, ME, OH, WA*, AR, VK2*, VK3*, VK4*, ZL1, VE6, and VE7* (* multiple QSO's). I was using either my MP-1 set up in my backyard or a multi band shortened 40-10M dipole mounted at 10' AGL. ALL CONTACTS VIA SSB. I worked 40 / 20 and 15M. Working a VK from my QTH is total of 7,845 miles, or 1500+ miles per watt. (***I just missed a ZF--he couldn't get my call correct so he didn't go down in the log...next time.) I worked the ZL1 and the Maine QSO on the same night! In all cases the 10' high dipole greatly out performed the MP-1 regardless of band. I even tried the cardboard box trick that Vern suggested to reduce hard coupling with the ground. I was using a Z-11 tuner, however I was able to get a "no bar" SWR intication from the 817 by carefully hand tuning the loading coil with out the Z-11 on all bands I worked. Signal reports were generally +S3 better with the dipole even at only 10'. Feedback about the 817 was very consistent: Great audio. R/S reports ranged from 5 /1 to 5 /9++. My recommendation for phone mode is to be very aware of the mic. gain levels..I needed to run at a setting of "70" to get good deflection on the PWR meter on the 817. I received no reports of flat topping or over mod. on my audio with this setting, however. I made all my DX QSO's responding to CQ's or "tail ending" and logged a total of 6 VK's that I contacted in one call to their CQ in about 90 min. Bagging DX on one call running QRP is absolutely thrilling. Without exception Hams have been very supportive of my QRP efforts and more than once I received a call from others eager to really see if I was just running 5 watts. BTW..The VK guys love to work a QRP QSO. I plan to conduct a similar side by side test this weekend in preperation for gettting my field day set up finalized. Right now the dipole is looking real good. I have also been doing extensive testing of Mark Smith's RATS CAT GUI. I like this application a lot, more on RATS on another post. ( have no financial affiliation with Kingsmith software, etc., etc...). Like to hear about similar DX / WAS success from others. Thanks in advance. :harry |
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Re: I thought this was an FT-817 group, not a Kenwood group...
Pres Waterman
PLEASE KILL THE THREAD AND STOP COMMENTING
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Thanks Pres Waterman W2PW c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc. Long Island Ford and Kia dealer GO BILLS! ----- Original Message -----
From: theshadow <theshadow@...> To: <FT817@...> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [FT817] Re: I thought this was an FT-817 group, not a Kenwood group... Its only a hobby you know Questions ) see
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Re: Antennas
theshadow
I use Moonraker Ampro's (Dunno where they got the name). Only because they
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use hollow fibreglass Rods and the ants are lighter. I have had sucess with 20m and 10m dipole using the whips but on 40 the band width is too narrow to be of use. I find I get better results using a small spike in the ground to a stud mount and tuning against the natural ground. I also got a Mizuho 40m whip at the weekend it works quite well with minimum counter poise. Chris Taylor G0WTZ ----- Original Message -----
From: <julian@...> To: <FT817@...> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:00 PM Subject: [FT817] Re: Antennas For those with an ATU a cheaper and probably lighter solution (thethe food court nearest to the Yaesu booth. 439.125 simplex. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:Questions ) see
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Re: Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention?
Brian B. Riley, N1BQ
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-----Original Message-----[snip] BTW, I think the Kenwood HT is likely to be of interest to some peopleThis was exactly the idea I have been entertaining ... and I was quite glad that I found out about it first from this Yaesu Forum ... |
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Re: I thought this was an FT-817 group, not a Kenwood group...
Brian B. Riley, N1BQ
Lighten up ... there is some wrong on both sides ... but the better way
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to have gone about it would have been to wait until a day or two had gone by and then gently reminded the forum as a whole or the offending individual specifically by back channel that it was an Yayhoo FT817 Forum. NOBODY likes a List Nazi, particularly a self-appointed one. We drove one off QRP-L not all that long ago, and he was the the official List Manager. I should not have to remind you that you have no more rights here than the author of the comments about the Kenwood radio. I also should not need to point out that some discussion of a similar radio (small, compact, capable of wide range of receive) can help understand the FT817 even better. So ... chill ... adjust your prozac and enjoy your 817! cheers ... bbr -----Original Message----- |
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Re: FTBasic/817/Kenwood users
John,
The idea of an additional 'description' field of say 25 characters has already been suggested by David Henn. I am pondering on the best way to implement this, and the current thoughts are to have a .CSV file automatically created with each .817 file, and some- how keep the two in step - that's the bit I haven't yet decided upon, but will get there in the end. Bob G4HFQ |
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Making my own Heil adapter
I picked up a Heil BM-10 for hands-free operation but decided to make
my own mic adapter rather than pay extra bucks for Heil's version. I'm not sure which pins to connect and would like some clarification. Does the Heil plug tip go to +5 and the ring go to ground? Also, for PTT I'm assuming I would place a switch between that line and ground? I've check the message archives and files area but couldn't find any good confirmation on my assumptions. Thanks and 73. KB0LUR, Paul |
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Re: FTBasic/817/Kenwood users
--- In FT817@y..., "Newell, John O" <jnewell@g...> wrote:
Hi John,,I have posted V1.4.601 of FTBasic atBob, this is great I have also put this suggestion into Bob.. Not only for the KW6 vs FT8 tags reason.. But so I can remember what and why did I put this in for.? Rgds David |
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Re: FTBasic/817/Kenwood users
Newell, John O
I have posted V1.4.601 of FTBasic atBob, this is great! I spent some time this weekend fiddling with this (one of the harmonics and I use KW HTs) and this works so quickly and easily that it's almost a miracle! <g> The files go into and out of the two formats like a breeze. The only thing that strikes me (it is a "fault" of the KW HT) is that the KW's 6-character alpha-numeric tags are kinda cryptic, even to the person who set them up. Obviously, to go back and forth into/out of the 817, they need to stay as 6 (not that 8 characters is exactly a new horizon in identification, either!). This may be a practical limitation on the ability to use files uploaded by another operator. A solution would be to add another (11th?) column for a longer descriptive tag...since neither the KW nor the Yaesu could read this data, it would have to be stripped off going into the (either) radio's "native" format...and, I guess, be reattached by the FTBasic software. Ummm, sounds like more bother than it's worth, probably... <?> Many tnx for your continuing product improvements. FTBasic is probably the best $15 I ever spent! Tnx es 73 John Newell KB1FPM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the designated recipient(s). It may contain confidential or proprietary information and may be subject to the attorney-client privilege or other confidentiality protections. If you are not a designated recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you receive this in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you. |
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Re: FTBasic/817/Kenwood users
--- In FT817@y..., bob.freeth@d... wrote:
I have posted V1.4.601 of FTBasic atHi Bob,, This is outstanding.. I wish other vendors/suppliers where this customer focused. But Bob,, There is one problem. You are just to quick, You are not even giving us enough time to think of new things :-) Great Work. Thanks from me, and on behalf of the rest of the group. Best Rgds David |
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FTBasic/817/Kenwood users
I have posted V1.4.601 of FTBasic at
which includes a Convert facility for those of you with Kenwood rigs TH-G71A, TH-D7A(G) and TM-D700A. The Kenwood memories files look very similar, and other VHF/UHF rigs's files may work as well. What the new mod does is to convert the memory parts of the Kenwood file into a CSV file that includes the FTBasic header record, decimal points in the right places for frequencies/ offsets, decodes CTCSS and DCS indicators etc. All you have to do is to check that your frequencies are valid for the 817, and if not then edit them in a spreadsheet or text editor. If anyone has problems then mail me direct for fastest resolution. Bob G4HFQ P.S. yesterday evening (evening in the UK) I had a dud copy of this release up on the web for about 3 hours until I noticed the glitch. If anyone downloaded a dud then another go will probably get you going - you only need the ftb14601ex.exe file. Sorry for that. |
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Re: Dayton News
I got mine from the 'actual' MFJ booth. They had a box full of 'em.
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Tom, KC5UN --- In FT817@y..., n1evh@a... wrote:
HRO had FT817's for $669 at Dayton, and most dealers matched theirWhich dealers were selling the ATX antennas??? I thought those were |
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Re: Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention?
Pres Waterman
BTW, I think the Kenwood HT is likely to be of interest to some people Good answer, I'll allow it! ( besides you get 220... think of it as a dinghy- you can tote it off to the store when you are camping, and get an update on what the partner wants ) Thanks Pres Waterman W2PW c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc. Long Island Ford and Kia dealer GO BILLS! |
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