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Re: Yaesu FT-818ND Discontinued Manufacturing
I was also thinking of selling my original Ft817 to buy a Ft818. Even HRO is out of stock. I guess I will continue to be happy with my FT-817.?
Steve KA4NRF
On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 6:52 PM Mike - N5AQM < n5aqmdb@...> wrote: I have 2 ft817's from around 20yrs ago. One is NIB and the other one does 100% duty as a band hopping WSPR station running a half a watt currently. The NIB one was used to get past it's infant mortality and put back in the box. The WSPR rig has been all around the world and never had a lick of trouble with it.... It has been on way more than it has been off in the past 20yrs!? Original finals to boot but never ran it on internal batteries... I went to buy an 818 when I heard the news but R&L was out of stock when they had stock 2 days ago...? :-(
73
-Mike
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Re: Yaesu FT-818ND Discontinued Manufacturing
I have 2 ft817's from around 20yrs ago. One is NIB and the other one does 100% duty as a band hopping WSPR station running a half a watt currently. The NIB one was used to get past it's infant mortality and put back in the box. The WSPR rig has been all around the world and never had a lick of trouble with it.... It has been on way more than it has been off in the past 20yrs!? Original finals to boot but never ran it on internal batteries... I went to buy an 818 when I heard the news but R&L was out of stock when they had stock 2 days ago...? :-(
73
-Mike
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Here is what I found on EBAY
USB Cat Programming Cable for Yaesu FT-100D
FT-817 FT-857 FT-897 CT-62 Radio
On 1/2/2023 11:13 AM, Pietro Molina
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May be you want consider this:
Hi all - Im
thinking of buying an FT817 and I need a data cable for the
memory programming - can anyone recommend the correct one that
I need?
Thanks
Kev
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73's de NU4N Dave
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Well Kev I made my own. LDG does not
supply that cable.
On 1/2/2023 10:20 AM, Kev Tatlow wrote:
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Hi all - Im thinking of buying an FT817 and I need a data cable
for the memory programming - can anyone recommend the correct one
that I need?
Thanks
Kev
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73's de NU4N Dave
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Thanks Pietro, I've found a UK supplier on eBay that does them
73
Kev?
On Mon, 2 Jan 2023, 17:13 Pietro Molina, < pietro@...> wrote: May be you want consider this:
Hi all - Im thinking of buying an FT817 and I need a data cable for the memory programming - can anyone recommend the correct one that I need?
Thanks
Kev
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May be you want consider this:
Hi all - Im thinking of buying an FT817 and I need a data cable for the memory programming - can anyone recommend the correct one that I need?
Thanks
Kev
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The Yaesu part wants a 9 pin serial port on the computer:
And a third option is the Blue Max 49 option, he makes great cables, but RT systems cable is lower-priced:
Check this out!
Hope this helps,
Ken, N2VIP
?Hi all - Im thinking of buying an FT817 and I need a data cable for the memory programming - can anyone recommend the correct one that I need?
Thanks
Kev
You'll want a cable like this:
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The Yaesu part wants a 9 pin serial port on the computer:
And a third option is the Blue Max 49 option, he makes great cables, but RT systems cable is lower-priced:
Check this out!
Hope this helps,
Ken, N2VIP
On Jan 2, 2023, at 10:20, Kev Tatlow <kev.tatlowg4xlo@...> wrote:
?Hi all - Im thinking of buying an FT817 and I need a data cable for the memory programming - can anyone recommend the correct one that I need?
Thanks
Kev
Hi all - Im thinking of buying an FT817 and I need a data cable for the memory programming - can anyone recommend the correct one that I need?
Thanks
Kev
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Tnx Rich for the reply. Think I will
check again and if not I will order the jumper for the 817. Yep
don't have much hair left Hi Hi
On 1/1/2023 3:23 PM, Richard Clemens
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Triple
check your jumpers with the latest diagrams on the web. There
have been a few changes over the years. If you have a
preconfigured chip, make sure it is in the correct way...?
Pulling hair is not a working option.
On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Dave Tucker Nu4N < dwtucker19@...>
wrote:
Wonder
of some of you guru's could help me out. I am about ready to
pull out what hair I have left !! I have the jumpers set in
the SignaLink and I am not getting decodes on PSK or FT8. I
resorted back to my old Buxxcom Interface and I am doing
fine with FTB but not PSK.
Any help would be appreciated !!
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73's de NU4N Dave
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73's de NU4N Dave
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Triple check your jumpers with the latest diagrams on the web. There have been a few changes over the years. If you have a preconfigured chip, make sure it is in the correct way...? Pulling hair is not a working option.
On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 4:17 PM Dave Tucker Nu4N < dwtucker19@...> wrote: Wonder of some of you guru's could help me out. I am about ready to pull out what hair I have left !! I have the jumpers set in the SignaLink and I am not getting decodes on PSK or FT8. I resorted back to my old Buxxcom Interface and I am doing fine with FTB but not PSK.
Any help would be appreciated !!
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73's de NU4N Dave
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Wonder of some of you guru's could help me out. I am about ready to pull out what hair I have left !! I have the jumpers set in the SignaLink and I am not getting decodes on PSK or FT8. I resorted back to my old Buxxcom Interface and I am doing fine with FTB but not PSK.
Any help would be appreciated !!
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73's de NU4N Dave
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That's great that this news was a positive for you, in that it got you to dig out your FT-817 and make plans to operate it!
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On Dec 30, 2022, at 13:13, Ron Schaffner <rschaffner1@...> wrote:
? I just thought this may be worth posting. ? My 817 is over 10 years old. I have made many contacts with it to Europe and South and Central America. ? I haven’t used the radio in quite some time, since I purchased a FT-450D. Yesterday, I decided to clean it up and turn it on. ?Everything works as it should. I didn’t expect to do any transmitting or any DX listening, as I only hooked up a miracle whip antenna. When I off work next week, I’ll hook up my MP-1 Super Antenna. This combination allowed me work a lot of DX. During the “wok all Europe” contest years ago, other operators couldn’t believe I was running 5 watts QRP. ? I still love this radio. Hope to get out in the field with it this spring. ? Ron W8HBF
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Re: Yaesu FT-818ND Discontinued Manufacturing
I have one too. Took a while to find one, and recently I have send two boards to two fellows here which have located the new collins filters from AOR. It's all set to keep it going strong for a while. On Friday, December 30 2022, 13:39:00, Dave Tucker Nu4N wrote: 1. ( ) text/plain (*) text/html
I will never part ways with my 817. I have a cw filter I got way back when there was a guy
selling them in Alabama.
On 12/30/2022 1:22 PM, Luis Miguel Casta?eda wrote:
Now that inrad seems to be out of stock of pcbs things are slightly more
complicated, but there seems to be at least one OM who still can provide of
those.
On the other hand, AOR still has stock of 500hz CW mechanical filters, it's the
same collings, just that it doesn't have the yaesu sticker on top. Call your
local AOR distributor and ask for them, you might have a pleasant surprise if
you're looking for one.
On Friday, December 30 2022, 10:41:41, Andy Foad via groups.io wrote:
I'll never part with my FT817's.
But I agree it's time to move on a bit for Yaesu. [...]
Come on Yaesu, two small tweaks, CW filters and a bit ore space for homebrew
battery packs
and you can be king of the castle ;-)
--
Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of
Western prosperity.
--- Aldous Huxley -- The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. --- Bertrand Russell
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Re: Yaesu FT-818ND Discontinued Manufacturing
And, you know, redesign around both the currently unobtainable and the soon to be unobtainable parts... Ken, N2VIP
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On Dec 30, 2022, at 12:41, Andy Foad via groups.io <andyfoad@...> wrote:
?<snip> Come on Yaesu, two small tweaks, CW filters and a bit ore space for homebrew battery packs
and you can be king of the castle ;-)
73 de Andy
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I am looking to purchase a FT-817 either original or ND. If you have either one or both please reply off-list to me.? I am really anxious to purchase.
Robin
W4IEN
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Re: Yaesu FT-818ND Discontinued Manufacturing
I will never part ways with my 817. I
have a cw filter I got way back when there was a guy selling
them in Alabama.
On 12/30/2022 1:22 PM, Luis Miguel
Casta?eda wrote:
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Show quoted text
Now that inrad seems to be out of stock of pcbs things are
slightly more
complicated, but there seems to be at least one OM who still can
provide of
those.
On the other hand, AOR still has stock of 500hz CW mechanical
filters, it's the
same collings, just that it doesn't have the yaesu sticker on top.
Call your
local AOR distributor and ask for them, you might have a pleasant
surprise if
you're looking for one.
On Friday, December 30 2022, 10:41:41, Andy Foad via groups.io
wrote:
I'll never part with my FT817's.
But I agree it's time to move on a bit for Yaesu. [...]
Come on Yaesu, two small tweaks, CW filters and a bit ore space
for homebrew battery packs
and you can be king of the castle ;-)
--
Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the
three pillars of Western prosperity.
?--- Aldous Huxley
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73's de NU4N Dave
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Re: Yaesu FT-818ND Discontinued Manufacturing
Now that inrad seems to be out of stock of pcbs things are slightly more complicated, but there seems to be at least one OM who still can provide of those. On the other hand, AOR still has stock of 500hz CW mechanical filters, it's the same collings, just that it doesn't have the yaesu sticker on top. Call your local AOR distributor and ask for them, you might have a pleasant surprise if you're looking for one. On Friday, December 30 2022, 10:41:41, Andy Foad via groups.io wrote: I'll never part with my FT817's.
But I agree it's time to move on a bit for Yaesu. [...]
Come on Yaesu, two small tweaks, CW filters and a bit ore space for homebrew battery packs
and you can be king of the castle ;-) -- Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. --- Aldous Huxley
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I just thought this may be worth posting. ? My 817 is over 10 years old. I have made many contacts with it to Europe and South and Central America. ? I haven’t used the radio in quite some time, since I purchased a FT-450D. Yesterday, I decided to clean it up and turn it on. ?Everything works as it should. I didn’t expect to do any transmitting or any DX listening, as I only hooked up a miracle whip antenna. When I off work next week, I’ll hook up my MP-1 Super Antenna. This combination allowed me work a lot of DX. During the “wok all Europe” contest years ago, other operators couldn’t believe I was running 5 watts QRP. ? I still love this radio. Hope to get out in the field with it this spring. ? Ron W8HBF
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Re: Yaesu FT-818ND Discontinued Manufacturing
I'll never part with my FT817's.
But I agree it's time to move on a bit for Yaesu.
As one other poster has mentioned, having PCB space for non existance CW filters is dreadful.
And why the heck couldn't they change the alloy chassis to easily accomodate some decent 18650 Li-Ion.
All it would take is a few extra millimetres.
Instead we had to rely up 3rd party battery packs or be forced to use a basic 7Ah gel cell lump externally.
Despite this, the FT817 is still the dogs danglers ;-)
Come on Yaesu, two small tweaks, CW filters and a bit ore space for homebrew battery packs
and you can be king of the castle ;-)
73 de Andy
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Pietro Molina
Richard Clemens