Seen the FT-817...
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
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Mike Naselroad <n1evh@...>
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FT-817 Yaesu Japan link.
If this hasn't been posted yet, here is the Yaesu link
http://www.yaesu.co.jp/experts/4206-1.htm
73, TR
W7TRX
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W7TRX <w7trx@...>
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Re: FT-817 causes quite a stir on the ELECRAFT Reflector
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
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Paul R. Valko <prvalko@...>
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FT-817 causes quite a stir on the ELECRAFT Reflector
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
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Victor Tuff <vtuff59795@...>
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Newbie
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
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Paul Gerhardt
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Re: FT-817 Long Duckie
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
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bbams@...
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Re: FT 817 - HF also portable?
www.xe1kk.net
73
Christian
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mailto:c.buenger@...
fax2mail: +49 25 61 / 95 94 29 92
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Christian Buenger <c.buenger@...>
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FT 817 w/ tuner?
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,
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Christian Buenger <c.buenger@...>
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Re: FT 817 - HF also portable?
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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Christian Buenger <c.buenger@...>
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Re: New file uploaded to FT817
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
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Charles Scott <cscott@...>
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Re: New file uploaded to FT817
more pictures in the files area
Pres Waterman W2PW
c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc.
Long Island Ford and Kia dealer
GO BILLS!
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Pres Waterman <pres@...>
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New file uploaded to FT817
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 : /817-3.jpg
Uploaded by : pres@...
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FT817@...
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Re: FT 817 - HF also portable?
Hi from Germany....and the first german web page is also uploaded....
http://www.telcom-gmbh.com/Ham-Radio/YA-HAM/YA-hf/FT_817/ft_817.html
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Hanno Vogels,
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dg8jz@...
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Re: FT 817 - HF also portable?
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
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Pres Waterman <pres@...>
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Re: FT 817 - HF also portable?
The message <200008241457.PAA16470@...>
from Christian Buenger <c.buenger@...> contains these words:
Can't answer your question, Christian, but where did you find the
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Bob Sayers <bob.sayers@...>
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Coming to America
Just FYI, a copy of an email from Yaesu.
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Dear Mike,
Ft-817 HF/VHF/UHF 5-WATT BACKPACK TRANSCEIVER will be introduced in the
market soon. Thanks and best regards.
Olive P.
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Mike Maiorana <mikemo@...>
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FT 817 - HF also portable?
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?
73
Christian,
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Christian Buenger <c.buenger@...>
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The 817
Hi Everyone!
SOunds like a neat rig...alpha-numeric too? I just hope they extend
receive, but, I know the FCC is clamping down. I will sit back, wait
and see, and check to see if there are as many
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Jack Bilow <jbilow01@...>
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Re: Digest Number 0
As requested an Intro.
Niel, 40, vhf and up licenced (no ability with the key, but thats
another story). Primary interests UHF and antenna design, 4x4
driver who wrecks at least one radio a year
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Niel J. P. Fagan <nf@...>
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FT817 Pricing
I found the answer to my second question on pricing.
One reports lists the expected Japanese price to be 110,000 Yen
I found the following list prices FT-100 148,000
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Gary Mitchelson <n3jpu@...>
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