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Eagle Creek padded cubes

Pete
 

I'm going to buy an ft-817 in the near future (probably about a week),
and am looking at different carrying arrangements. Saw a reference to
the Eagle Creek Protect-It Pouch, which looks pretty good, but Eagle
creek also makes several "padded cubes" as packing organizers. Seems
like you could put the rig plus accessories in one or more of these,
then stick that in a backpack, briefcase, luggage or whatever. Has
anyone tried this?

73,
Pete, NI9N
Missing RX coverage on EU models

Johan Bodin
 

Hi All

I ordered my '817 a few weeks ago and I am still waiting like a kid on Xmas eve...
When I asked the swedish dealer about possible delivery date, the answer was
"we don't know..."... Sweden's priority seems to be between zero and nil at Yaesu :~(

Anyway, I just realised that the european model of FT-817 does NOT cover
108-136MHz!? Too bad... I was really looking forward to listen to the air band...
(It's legal to listen to any band here in Sweden.)

Perhaps it's only a "solder ball" issue? Has anyone compared the solder ball
configuration of US/European/Japanese versions?

I'm not interested in extended TX coverage, I just want the air band RX.


73
Johan SM6LKM
Re: CW Filter / IRC 500 hz installation

Don
 

I am curious, did switching the NAR allow you to insert the SSB filter?

----- Original Message -----
From: <jerrys@...>
To: <FT817@...>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 12:09 AM
Subject: [FT817] Re: CW Filter / IRC 500 hz installation


THANK YOU THANK YOU BARRY. Too bad the install instructions on page
74 don't mention that. All is well now.

Thanks again / 73
Jerry N9AW



--- In FT817@y..., w4wb@a... wrote:
Hi Jerry,

Sounds like you may not have turned on the NAR. It is in the
Operating menu, Row 7, C Key. That should do the trick.

72 de Barry - W4WB



--- In FT817@y..., jerrys@e... wrote:
Hello FT817 owners,
I bought my FT817 at Dayton and finally got it on the air
yesterday
(6/2). Today I went to install the 500hz IRC CW filter which I
also
bought at Dayton but it doesn't seem to be working. Yes, I
changed
menu item 38 to CW. Both the CW and OFF positions sound the
same.
When putting the filter menu into the SSB position it sounds
filtered
but it sounds like the CW is partially getting cut off. On SSB
the
signals are unintelligible with the filter set to ON (SSB that
is).
Again the SSB signals sounds the same with the filter in the CW
and
OFF positions. So it sounds like the filter may be working but
only
when menu item 38 is set to SSB, however, it doesn't sound like
any
500 hz CW filter I have ever heard.

I'll be calling IRC tomorrow and I am sure they will either have
any
answer or will ship a new one because they have always given
great
service and stood behind their products.

I am just wondering if anyone else experienced this
though ????????

73
Jerry N9AW
n9aw@a...


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Re: FT 817 and Palm III interface, found a ICOM program

Gene and Princess
 

Hi Geoff,

Is there a way to make the software low vision and blind friendly? Does the
palm have sound capability or the ability to generate speech? With CAT
software for the FT-817 operating in real time it could make the FT-817
usable to blind and low vision hams. If you can have these features in the
program which can be turned on for blind and low vision users that would be
great. That way it would meet our needs without being a bother for normally
sighted hams who don't need it.

Gene and Princess

----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Wicks <geoffwicks@...>
To: <FT817@...>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:43 AM
Subject: RE: [FT817] FT 817 and Palm III interface, found a ICOM program


Hello All,

I'm Geoff Wicks, the author of the Palm/PCR1000 PCRPilot program. As
coincidence would have it I purchased an FT-817 at our local Hamfest a
week
ago (love the radio!) and have been contemplating a Palm program over the
last few days.

Any input and ideas on a control program would be appreciated. My aim
when
designing the PCRPilot was to put as much information on the screen
without
having to go through a series of menus to get at commonly used controls.
This is the same philosophy that I intend using for the FT817 program.

Regards,

Geoff Wicks VK4KGL
-----Original Message-----
From: wb5tla@... [mailto:wb5tla@...]
Sent: Monday, 4 June 2001 7:42 PM
To: FT817@...
Subject: [FT817] FT 817 and Palm III interface, found a ICOM program


hello group
ok here is a example of a ICOM rig controled by a Palm OS system. I
have posted the writer of the program in the hopes that he would know
how or where to get such a program produced.



even if all you could do would be to program the memories, it would
be light years ahead of the imbedded menue and itty bitty button
method.
73 de wb5tla k


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Re: FT 817 and Palm III interface, found a ICOM program

 

Great news!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Wicks" <geoffwicks@...>

I'm Geoff Wicks, the author of the Palm/PCR1000 PCRPilot program. As
coincidence would have it I purchased an FT-817 at our local Hamfest a
week
ago (love the radio!) and have been contemplating a Palm program over the
last few days.
Re: CAT-Interface circuit plan wanted! - The circuit

[email protected]
 

Thank you!

Chris, DL6RDM

howard@... schrieb:

--- In FT817@y..., Christian.Frankl@t... wrote:
Hello Ham Operators!
Did anyone yet built his own CAT Interface for the FT-817?
A circuit plan for this Interface would be appreciated!
Thank you for writing back!

Chris, DL6RDM
Yes -

To make a CT-62 yourself (I disassembled and reverse engineered a
real CT-62 and copied it using a MAX-232 chip with N4IP on the #AMSAT
IRC a couple of months back). Yaesu use a different chip to the
MAX232 which uses lower value capacitors to keep it small so it will
fit in a 9 pin D-type case.

o On Page 5 of the FT817 manual, you'll see the pin-outs of the
8 pin mini DIN ACC port

o You only need GND, TXD, RXD and 13.8V of 8 pin mini DIN

o Wire up a 5V regulator to GND and 13.8V

o Wire up you MAX232 to the 5V regulator.

o Wire up the Caps as you would normally do so on a MAX-232

o MAX232 Pin 12 to RXD on 8 pin mini DIN

o MAX232 Pin 11 to TXD on 8 pin mini DIN

o MAX232 Pin 13 to pin 3 of DB9 female

o MAX232 Pin 14 to pin 2 of DB9 female

o Wire DB9 Pins 7 and 8 [RTS & CTS] together

o Wire DB9 Pins 6 and 4 [DSR & DTR] together

That's it!

73 Howard G6LVB

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Gre aus Straubing,
Christian Frankl
Tel 0171-6380227
Re: CW Filter / IRC 500 hz installation

Don
 

Unlike the CW filter, the SSB filter is always on once to set function 38.
The NAR has no effect on it.

----- Original Message -----
From: <jerrys@...>
To: <FT817@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 11:47 PM
Subject: [FT817] CW Filter / IRC 500 hz installation


Hello FT817 owners,
I bought my FT817 at Dayton and finally got it on the air yesterday
(6/2). Today I went to install the 500hz IRC CW filter which I also
bought at Dayton but it doesn't seem to be working. Yes, I changed
menu item 38 to CW. Both the CW and OFF positions sound the same.
When putting the filter menu into the SSB position it sounds filtered
but it sounds like the CW is partially getting cut off. On SSB the
signals are unintelligible with the filter set to ON (SSB that is).
Again the SSB signals sounds the same with the filter in the CW and
OFF positions. So it sounds like the filter may be working but only
when menu item 38 is set to SSB, however, it doesn't sound like any
500 hz CW filter I have ever heard.

I'll be calling IRC tomorrow and I am sure they will either have any
answer or will ship a new one because they have always given great
service and stood behind their products.

I am just wondering if anyone else experienced this though ????????

73
Jerry N9AW
n9aw@...




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New file uploaded to FT817

[email protected]
 

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FT817
group.

File : /FT-817 Accessories/FT-817 ACC F.jpg
Uploaded by : oe6gc@...
Description : CW-Accessorie and desk-stand

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Regards,

oe6gc@...
New file uploaded to FT817

[email protected]
 

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FT817
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Re: FT 817 and Palm III interface, found a ICOM program

Geoff Wicks
 

Hello All,

I'm Geoff Wicks, the author of the Palm/PCR1000 PCRPilot program. As
coincidence would have it I purchased an FT-817 at our local Hamfest a week
ago (love the radio!) and have been contemplating a Palm program over the
last few days.

Any input and ideas on a control program would be appreciated. My aim when
designing the PCRPilot was to put as much information on the screen without
having to go through a series of menus to get at commonly used controls.
This is the same philosophy that I intend using for the FT817 program.

Regards,

Geoff Wicks VK4KGL

-----Original Message-----
From: wb5tla@... [mailto:wb5tla@...]
Sent: Monday, 4 June 2001 7:42 PM
To: FT817@...
Subject: [FT817] FT 817 and Palm III interface, found a ICOM program


hello group
ok here is a example of a ICOM rig controled by a Palm OS system. I
have posted the writer of the program in the hopes that he would know
how or where to get such a program produced.



even if all you could do would be to program the memories, it would
be light years ahead of the imbedded menue and itty bitty button
method.
73 de wb5tla k


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FT 817 and Palm III interface, found a ICOM program

[email protected]
 

hello group
ok here is a example of a ICOM rig controled by a Palm OS system. I
have posted the writer of the program in the hopes that he would know
how or where to get such a program produced.



even if all you could do would be to program the memories, it would
be light years ahead of the imbedded menue and itty bitty button
method.
73 de wb5tla k
Re: Press Waterman!!!!!!!

[email protected]
 

I tried this with the one I bought (well not a surface mount cap) and
it made no difference at all. The reason was the hash is on both DC
leads. The DC lead was actually coaxial, with negative the outer.
Winding a lot of turns on to a ferrite ring close to the FT-817 plug
made the biggest reduction in hash.

Julian, G4ILO

--- In FT817@y..., baranger1@a... wrote:

[snip]

Universal said in their ad "we also added a surface mount capacitor
right inside the plug to reduce
RFI. " I dont see how that would help? If so I would do it in a
second and be done with this hunt for
THE supply.
Re: Windows CE??

[email protected]
 

Any competent builder should be able to make an interface and test
that it doesn't put out any damaging voltages before connecting it to
the radio. The cost saving probably isn't the main point of the
exercise, either.

Julian, G4ILO

--- In FT817@y..., "Pres Waterman" <pres@1...> wrote:

I'm not interested in $$$ -- just having fun w/my FT-817!

(I'm still trying to put together an interface cable -- don't want
to
pay Yaesu the incredible $$$ for a simple cable.!)


You are not willing to pay $30 for the proper cable with RS-232 to
TTL level
converters built into a compact plug with the proper connectors
and a
guarantee to not ruin your radio?

Amazing...

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

GO BILLS!
Re: Press Waterman!!!!!!!

[email protected]
 

I don't think you will find any switch mode PSU that does not
generate hash when the radio is used with an antenna close by it (or
mounted on it.) I got a SMPS from Maplin here in the UK and I found
that the problem is the hash is on the outer (negative) lead, which
is not connected to mains ground. It gets on to the radio via this,
and from there to the antenna. Two ways I found to reduce it were a)
to ground the radio to a suitable ground such as a central heating
radiator, and b) when splicing on the 817 connector, to wind a great
many turns of the power cord on to a ferrite ring such as is used for
RF breakthrough prevention. But it still isn't as quiet as a
transformer-based PSU.

It's perfect when used with an outdoor antenna, however.

Julian, G4ILO


--- In FT817@y..., John Lewitzky <johnl@P...> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I have one of these and tried it with the 817 but it does seem
to
generate a good amount of RF hash. Has anyone found a 2A wall wart
type
transformer that works with the 817 without the hash ?

Has anyone tried the PS that Universal Radio sells for the 817

73,

John
N3ZQJ

Pres Waterman wrote:
Re: Manuals and drawings dowloadable?

Lars Myrthu Rasmussen &#92;(OZ1HMN&#92;)
 

Sorry, wrong group, HI!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Myrthu Rasmussen (OZ1HMN)" <oz1hmn@...>
To: <FT817@...>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 8:29 AM
Subject: [FT817] Manuals and drawings dowloadable?


Hi

In the process at deciding which rig to buy, FT100D or FT817, i have found
op. manuals and schematics of the Ft817 in the egroup for FT817.
Do these items exist for the FT100D in downloadable form somewhere?

best regards Lars
OZ1HMN
--------------------------
Myrthu Net: www.myrthu.net
Helle & Lars Myrthu Rasmussen



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Re: Voltage vs. Power out

Johan Bodin
 

Hi all,

Warning! Connecting NiCd batteries in parallel is definately a no-no!

Even without load, the charge can start bouncing between the
battery packs, sometimes leading to huge currents. I have seen
this strange behavior myself when a friend of mine put two
NiCd cells in a bicycle light that was designed for two alkaline
cells in parallel. The bike was left overnight and the next morning
the battery holder was molten down!

It's a completely different story with lead-acid batteries. They
don't exhibit this strange "charge bouncing effect".
They can used in parallel (assuming equal batteries!), even
during charging since they are charged with constant voltage.

73
Johan, SM6LKM
Manuals and drawings dowloadable?

Lars Myrthu Rasmussen &#92;(OZ1HMN&#92;)
 

Hi

In the process at deciding which rig to buy, FT100D or FT817, i have found
op. manuals and schematics of the Ft817 in the egroup for FT817.
Do these items exist for the FT100D in downloadable form somewhere?

best regards Lars
OZ1HMN
--------------------------
Myrthu Net: www.myrthu.net
Helle & Lars Myrthu Rasmussen
Re: CW Filter / IRC 500 hz installation

[email protected]
 

THANK YOU THANK YOU BARRY. Too bad the install instructions on page
74 don't mention that. All is well now.

Thanks again / 73
Jerry N9AW



--- In FT817@y..., w4wb@a... wrote:
Hi Jerry,

Sounds like you may not have turned on the NAR. It is in the
Operating menu, Row 7, C Key. That should do the trick.

72 de Barry - W4WB



--- In FT817@y..., jerrys@e... wrote:
Hello FT817 owners,
I bought my FT817 at Dayton and finally got it on the air
yesterday
(6/2). Today I went to install the 500hz IRC CW filter which I
also
bought at Dayton but it doesn't seem to be working. Yes, I
changed
menu item 38 to CW. Both the CW and OFF positions sound the
same.
When putting the filter menu into the SSB position it sounds
filtered
but it sounds like the CW is partially getting cut off. On SSB
the
signals are unintelligible with the filter set to ON (SSB that
is).
Again the SSB signals sounds the same with the filter in the CW
and
OFF positions. So it sounds like the filter may be working but
only
when menu item 38 is set to SSB, however, it doesn't sound like
any
500 hz CW filter I have ever heard.

I'll be calling IRC tomorrow and I am sure they will either have
any
answer or will ship a new one because they have always given
great
service and stood behind their products.

I am just wondering if anyone else experienced this
though ????????

73
Jerry N9AW
n9aw@a...
Re: CAT CTCSS programming info & Cloning Process

 

Bob,

Thanks for posting the info on the CTCSS Tones.

From your posts I gather that you are producing FT Basic
at cost/a loss to yourself. And are doing it to further
the 817 community.

Would you be willing to share what you have found out about
the cloning process so that as a group we can tackle the
Palm and Linux interfaces to the radio?

I am currently working with another individual to develop a
LGPL'ed Linux/C++ cloning and CAT class interface to the 817.

72/73,

Bryan - k0emt
Neat riser stand for FT817

[email protected]
 

I got my FT817 at Dayton and finally put it on the air yesterday
(6/2). Anyway, the rig sitting flat against a table just doesn't
work for me.....too hard to see the display and get at the buttons.

I was at ACE Hardware today and saw a 4 inch paint roller with a
matching size tray. If you turn the tray over, cut off the back half
plus remove the bubble or hump in the back you wind up with a nice
black, heavy vinyl, riser stand for the FT817. It is about 1.25
inches in the back and 1.75 inches in the front. The width is
perfect at about 5.25 inches where the rig sits and 6 inches at the
base where it meets the desk. I finshed off the cut edges with my
dremel tool and it looks pretty good but I think I will spray mine
with black enamel. The open tray cavity under the FT817 fits the
neat little yellow FT817 book from VE3AYR or Palm Paddles, etc.

Also, if you turn the finished tray over the 817 fits right inside of
it. This will be handy for carrying both inside of another bag or
pouch. I will use the Yaesu plastic bag or a bubble wrap bag on the
817 first though. The tray would add some protection for the rig
while traveling.

If interested the tray roller I purchased from ACE Hardware is called
the Speed Roller kit and has a UPC label code of 44359 00500. I'm
sure most paint trays for 4 in. rollers would be very similar.

Just thought I'd share for those interested.

73
Jerry N9AW
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