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--- In FT817@..., "Beischel" <wb8nut@a...> wrote:

Sorry to hear about that...that is terrible service!

--- In FT817@..., "Jerry Lofstead" <w3cde@b...> wrote:

Well I lost one of the driver transistors. It let the magic

smoke out

during receive. I have been wating since early July for

replacement part,

YAESU says now it will not ship till October or Novemmber!! Does

anyone

have a source for a replacement??

Jerry
W3CDE

I allso hate to hear that my 817 just went out some where in the
power supply section it now wont come on and will kill new batterys
as sone as thay are put in just called 714 827 7600 hope I dont have
to wate tell i am dead off old age before it is back home
N4XXI

--- In FT817@..., "7tronics Plc, M Smith"
<seventronics@y...> wrote:

Several posts here have reviewed the Tokyo Hi Power HL-50B amp, what
is the estimate of cost shipped directly to US East Coast ?
Understood that the price of the unit fluctuates with currency

strength.

Tx for replies. Cheers & 73s de Mark W4CHL

Before you settle on one of these amps, check out the RM Italy HLA-
150 AMP. It can be purchased from H&Y Electronics here in the USA for
a little over $200 USD. I bought one and it is very well made and
worth the money. It covers all the HF bands and will give you a
between 100 to 200 Watts out with only 1-5 watts in. It can take up
to 20 watts in.

73's Rick.

Hopefully you are using powerpoles with your equipment.If so, check out

They have a setup whereby you can run the radio off of the battery and charge it at the same time.I have used it with a voltage inverter in my car just to charge the battery and it works well.My battery is a 7ah gel cell.If you don't plug it into an ac outlet and have batteries inside the radio(such as the W4RT), the gel cell will charge your internal batteries as well

Hope this helps.........

David
KR8L/9 <kr8l@...> wrote:
I have modified one of my power supplies to run about 10v so that the
FT-817 runs cooler, and can still get about 5w out. However, with
only a 9.6v internal battery, plus (probably significant) losses due
to internal battery resistance, the tiny wiring, and the battery
connector contacts, I would say that your inability to run 5w is not
unexpected.

When I first got my '817, I tried to run it at 5w with alkaline cells
in the battery tray. As soon as I keyed the rig it went "bloop!" and
shut down on low voltage.

73 de Bill, KR8L/9

--- In FT817@..., "nj3f_ed" <nj3f_ed@y...> wrote:

I was refering to the internal 9.6v battery. ...

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Sorry to hear about that...that is terrible service!

--- In FT817@..., "Jerry Lofstead" <w3cde@b...> wrote:

Well I lost one of the driver transistors. It let the magic smoke out
during receive. I have been wating since early July for

replacement part,

YAESU says now it will not ship till October or Novemmber!! Does

anyone

have a source for a replacement??

Jerry
W3CDE

Well I lost one of the driver transistors. It let the magic smoke out
during receive. I have been wating since early July for replacement part,
YAESU says now it will not ship till October or Novemmber!! Does anyone
have a source for a replacement??

Jerry
W3CDE

I had an interesting experience over the weekend. I was on 80 meters the other night and just spun the dial up to the 60meter frequencies to see what I could hear and out of curiousity keyed the mike as everything I have read sts that the 817 needs to be modified.I was able to key it and the meteres showed modulation and power out.I didn't make any contacts as I do not have an antenna for 60 as of yet.I checked my radio and no mods had been done to it.Has anyone else experienced this, or are the bars that show up deceiving me?

Thank you,

David
Scotty Wright <wb5tla@...> wrote:
Thanks Peter
The US version of the FT-817 is now freeband using your program. I
used the following commands F8 BF . Not a hardware problem at all but
rather the inability to remember the DOS commands I learned in the
80s. hi hi I have been totally windowfied. The rig is fully
functional on all US bands and actually puts out about 6 watts on 60
meters. The rig retained all my memory programming and continues to
work well with the FTBASIC and FT Commander software. I make a
predicton that the FT-817 will be the most heard rig on 60.
Thanks again for taking the risk to write the program and use it on
your gear. Cudos to VK hams.
73 DE WB5TLA K
Scotty



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HI, have read thru a good few off some off the older threads
regarding opening up the ft817 for wideband tx- ( 5 mhz tx coverage -
required ) by way off the software mod as opposed to the solder
bridge method, just looking for someone to talk me thru what I would
have to do to carry out the software mod to a uk supplied ft817 such
as data leads needed ?? standard pc to 817 one as per used in the
commander software ?? and also to confirm as to if there are any
features I would loose with this modification ie.any rx range loss
or repeater shifts loss, etc ?? only needing the info revelant to the
offical uk supplied ft817 hence this request. thanks for any help or
advice on this subject, it is always appreciatted.

regards,
john...

I am actually working out some add-ons for the MP-1,
which is a very nice portable antenna. One of those
improvements is in the whip - the MFJ-1954 should be
fine. For 10/12 meters, you can remove the coils and
substitute a 3/8-24 coupling bolt - they are 3/4" long
and will work fine. For 15, leave the coil in - it
will be very close to the bottom setting.

72/73 de N4MVL



--- Dean Hemphill <k5dh@...> wrote:

I saw an MP-1 antenna in person for the first time
this weekend at a hamfest, and I was very impressed.
This morning I found a screamin' deal on a new MP-1
on eBay... $135 shipped, including the optional 80m
coil... so I jumped on it!

Since you can't really have too much antenna when
working portable QRP, I was thinking about buying an
MFJ-1954 10' telescopic whip to use as a top section
on the MP-1. Have you guys tried this, and if so,
how
did it work for you? I realize that the combination
of the MP-1 and MFJ-1954 would be a bit too long for
10/12/15 meters, but since I mainly work 20/30/40m,
it sounds like a good choice. Assuming that I don't
use it on a really windy day, will the MP-1 coil be
able to support the 10' whip without damage?

Opinions, please?

73/72,
Dean Hemphill, K5DH

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I saw an MP-1 antenna in person for the first time
this weekend at a hamfest, and I was very impressed.
This morning I found a screamin' deal on a new MP-1
on eBay... $135 shipped, including the optional 80m
coil... so I jumped on it!

Since you can't really have too much antenna when
working portable QRP, I was thinking about buying an
MFJ-1954 10' telescopic whip to use as a top section
on the MP-1. Have you guys tried this, and if so, how
did it work for you? I realize that the combination
of the MP-1 and MFJ-1954 would be a bit too long for
10/12/15 meters, but since I mainly work 20/30/40m,
it sounds like a good choice. Assuming that I don't
use it on a really windy day, will the MP-1 coil be
able to support the 10' whip without damage?

Opinions, please?

73/72,
Dean Hemphill, K5DH

The small SELect switch is mechanical, not optical, and the innards wear
out. You cannot dissassemble it or clean it. It needs to be replaced.

Brad VK2QQ

I went and looked back at it in the archive. I had used underscores,
vertical bars and such to draw some bit timing diagrams, but they
don't look right in my browser, even though Courier font is used.
Looks like Yahoo yanked out the "extra" whitespace.

Try monospaced font

if you are viewing in Outlook Express select ALT-V-E-F for FIXED TEXT SIZE

-Pres Waterman W2PW
from the road

GO BILLS!

Howard,

I wrote the posting to which Bill refers. It's #26156.

I went and looked back at it in the archive. I had used underscores,
vertical bars and such to draw some bit timing diagrams, but they
don't look right in my browser, even though Courier font is used.
Looks like Yahoo yanked out the "extra" whitespace.

I'm not on the PC where I wrote the message, so I can't pull it out
of the 'Sent' folder and forward it to you. But if you go read
#26156 and can't figure it out, let me know. I'll fire up the other
machine and send you the original message. But I think if you read
that posting, you'll have a good understanding of what's happening.
Then you can make an informed decision whether or not to have it
fixed (or try to fix it yourself).

FWIW, I'm still living with the jitter in mine. It's gotten a little
worse, but I'm a "mild and lazy guy" and can still put up with it!

73,
Dale, W8ABZ
Cleveland Heights, Ohio USA [EN91]
w8abz@...

p.s.: Bill, tnx for the nice words about the post!

Bill!
I observed this problem several months ago on my 817. BUT! I select a tuning steps with "SEL" knob 1kHz on SSB, CW, DIGI, and 5 kHz on FM and AM, this problem dissaperad!
You can do it on "menu" with yellow "F" (function ). Try it, maybe it will be help. Do not ask for reason Hi, just try!
73 HA5VW Mike from Budapest.

KR8L/9 <kr8l@...> wrote:
Howard --

You might try a search of the archives. I remember this being
discussed somewhere, and I think it was in this group. Someone
posted a very good description of the optical encoder and how it
works, including the failure modes and why the reverse direction
thing occurs. Yes, that is one of the failure modes, by the way.

73 de Bill, KR8L/9

--- In FT817@..., "Howard" <k7hi@j...> wrote:

...
When turning the Select knob ...
the frequencies intermittenly reverse direction. ...
Howard, K7HI

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Howard --

You might try a search of the archives. I remember this being
discussed somewhere, and I think it was in this group. Someone
posted a very good description of the optical encoder and how it
works, including the failure modes and why the reverse direction
thing occurs. Yes, that is one of the failure modes, by the way.

73 de Bill, KR8L/9

I have modified one of my power supplies to run about 10v so that the
FT-817 runs cooler, and can still get about 5w out. However, with
only a 9.6v internal battery, plus (probably significant) losses due
to internal battery resistance, the tiny wiring, and the battery
connector contacts, I would say that your inability to run 5w is not
unexpected.

When I first got my '817, I tried to run it at 5w with alkaline cells
in the battery tray. As soon as I keyed the rig it went "bloop!" and
shut down on low voltage.

73 de Bill, KR8L/9

Hello,
Any body know anything of www.expandedspectrumsystems.com ?????
I bought a CW Filter time ago from them and I would like to get a
couple more. I have no news from them, and nobody reply any email at
the company...

Thanks!!

Anyway I m looking a CW filter for my FT-817...If there is anybody
who doesnt use it (Too many people have CW filters inside the
transceiver and they are not CW operators) and want to get ride of
it, Please let me know.

Thanks again to all and have a nice summer (OF COURSE WITH YOUR FT-
817).


EA1BP

Miguel

The FAQ has been updated. A reference to the SoftJump has been
included in addition to a few other things.

72/73,
Barry - W4WB
FAQ Moderator

Thanks Peter
The US version of the FT-817 is now freeband using your program. I
used the following commands F8 BF . Not a hardware problem at all but
rather the inability to remember the DOS commands I learned in the
80s. hi hi I have been totally windowfied. The rig is fully
functional on all US bands and actually puts out about 6 watts on 60
meters. The rig retained all my memory programming and continues to
work well with the FTBASIC and FT Commander software. I make a
predicton that the FT-817 will be the most heard rig on 60.
Thanks again for taking the risk to write the program and use it on
your gear. Cudos to VK hams.
73 DE WB5TLA K
Scotty

I wonder if anyone has had this problem:

When turning the Select knob CLOCKWISE ONLY, at a moderately fast
speed, either in "dial" tuning or RIT mode, the frequencies
intermittenly reverse direction. This is NOT noticed, on my radio,
under counterclockwise rotation.

Just wondered if this was common. Have read about similar symptoms
from time to time. Has anyone had to replace the "Select" optical
encoder mechanism? I can live with it if it doesn't get any worse.

Howard, K7HI

--- In FT817@..., "7tronics Plc, M Smith"
<seventronics@y...> wrote:

Several posts here have reviewed the Tokyo Hi Power HL-50B amp,

what

is the estimate of cost shipped directly to US East Coast ?
Understood that the price of the unit fluctuates with currency

strength.

Tx for replies. Cheers & 73s de Mark W4CHL

Mark,
$300 is about the going price shipped. Even on eBay that's about the
same price and I've seen them go for more. I have used this amp for
about 3 months now and can't say enough good things about it.
You won't be sorry!
Good luck.
Mark / W2KRP