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Hello all,
I think I would take my FT-817 around with me, along with my FT-530 when I
am away from the house and car, like at the mall. I would take it on mini DX
hunts, going to any place there is a clearing and putting up a dipole, or a
loop and experiment with different HF, VHF, and UHF antennas.

Hmmm...... I wonder what they would say at the airport? Well I think I will
let someone else try that, I will stick to malls, and stores.

I wonder if a short mast hustler with a 40 meter res will work via a
backpack? I would hate to have to drag a 40 meter 1/4 wave counterpoise,
although I use them on 2 meters and 70 cm. Hmm how about experiments on 160
meters? stick a pole in the ground and mount a homemade vertical to
it.......hmm 160 meter ground wave (hahaha).

Well I know one thing I would use it quite often. I wonder if it is built as
tough as the FT-100 or my FT-530? If so I would expect many years out of it.

Signed,
Tom Tishken
Student @ Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology
KD4WOV Ham Radio
WPON678 GMRS
General Radiotelephone Operator Licensee
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Hi again excellent results I think with all you excitable hams doing
ur bit of detective work, especially Vic a local lad to me (just 50km
north of me) ive never met or spoke to Vic until now tnx for pic(s)
Vic. (sorry Vic but it does rhyme Hi Hi).
Pres I would sit it on my dining room table and hook it up to my 2m 4
ele cubicle quad in loft (yes I did say 2m ie. 144mhz resonant) and
tune on 18mhz and work the world with 1 watt ! read it again I havent
made any typing mistakes, my 144mhz quad resonates 1.1:1 on
17meters!!!and gives me better results than my 66ft outdoor skywire
@35ft height. I have had a reply from 1 US guy whie I was using 1w
from FT100 usb on 21mhz, oh yes it also resonates on all other bands
except 80m & 160m WITHOUT a tuner!! I know it sounds a bit daft and
beats all laws of physics but it does work. (I wouldnt dare use more
than 5w theough it) but I dont need to . So ther epres thats what Id
do with mine and as our other fellow friend would do (the one who
likes hanging from national monuments) I would simply enjoy. best of
luck to you but if ur going to be wired up to a backpack looking sus
please wear a bullet proof vest. Hi Hi. Well I did say it would have
internal power and Vics site says it, I am not unimpressed with the
inners Vic I think its much neater than the inners of the FT100 and
has anyone spotted the little crunchy things yet to expand tx/rx ?
(those who want to). I just hope there is a door in the bottom casing
for easy access to batteries it would be a shame if we had to keep
taking the 4 side screws out each time you wanted a quick re-change
of AA's. and I hope Yaesu have mastered the old FT2/6/790 dc problem
on some MK1 radios where as when you have internal batts fitted and
dc in-line you may over-charge batteries, some were actually charging
the batts through the dc line as well as the charge socket. (ok if
they are not ni-cds) I am sure as one guy pointed out the ducky is
just 6,2 & 70cm. so I would keep using my portable telescopic 80,40 &
20m bnc mizuho antennas which extend to 58" and down to 8" for
storage (and with being telescopic they resonate over a wide range)
the one in my pic of 706 has the 20m at 18" len on the top which is
resonant on 21.240 usb with 2.8w I
had just received a 5.7 from east bulgaria, not bad eh!.
anyhow enough of my memoirs for now probably bored u all to sleep. I
would take mine everywhere I go so ther u are Pres theres my bit , I
will send chapter 2 later Hi. de John Land of the Prince Bishops
(Durham) NE England.