receive above 154 mHZ

Curtis, Tony

I never would trash this lovely little radio, but my initial reaction to
working with it was incredulity that someone would design a perfect rig for
backpacking in wilderness areas and leave out the highly-necessary 162 MHz
NOAA wx stations. Truly an odd omission in this bandspread plan.

--Tony  K3RXK

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#6905

--- In FT817@y..., "Curtis, Tony" <acurtis@t...> wrote:
leave out the highly-necessary 162 MHz NOAA wx stations.
Truly an odd omission in this bandspread plan.

--Tony  K3RXK
Hi Tony,

I maybe wrong, but..

1. The FT817 was originally only designed for Japan.
    I don't think they have NOAA Wx.?

2. NOAA Wx Tx's are North America only.?

Best Rgds
David

#6909

I too would appreciate NWS capability on 162 MHz.  However, from the Dayton
buzz, I understand that this radio was designed for the Japanese market with
no thought that it would ever be sold in the USA.  In fact, it was also
stated that it was only through the concerted pleadings of Yaesu America
staffers that this rig was even considered for the US market as an
afterthought.  As they say, the rest is history.  Apparently Yaesu Japan was
the most surprised of everyone about the success of this radio.  If we would
have had to wait for a re-engineering to get 162 MHz,  I would rather have
the 817 sooner than later.  My workaround is my small HT which does a good
job on all the 162 MHz freqs.

72,

Bill
W4RK
Nashville, TN
USA

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis, Tony" <acurtis@...>
To: <FT817@...>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:54 AM
Subject: [FT817] RE: receive above 154 mHZ

I never would trash this lovely little radio, but my initial reaction to
working with it was incredulity that someone would design a perfect rigfor
backpacking in wilderness areas and leave out the highly-necessary 162 MHz
NOAA wx stations. Truly an odd omission in this bandspread plan.

--Tony  K3RXK

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Pres Waterman

#6913

Lack of NOAA weather is one of my sticking points as well on purchase. If
some people have suggestions on where to start making a Rx down converter
it be willing to try and report. If other people want to try or conspirein
such a thing lets start a new thread on this list.
Yaesu, of all makers, had some sort of VHF to short-wave converter. I have
one somewhere. I used it on a FT-767 to convert NOAA down to 22.475MHz on a
remote base.

Anyway, the idea of building a small converter with a NE-602 mixer strikes
me as doable, with perhaps a 10m ( FM mode ) IF. Going from 162 to 146 seems
a little risky from the image standpoint, although the LO crystal would be
reasonable.

But at many airports there is a weather broadcast on the AM/Aircraft band.
Look for it by scanning. They give temperature, dew point, barometer
readings, and of course bird warnings.

Not a horrible substitute

Thanks

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

GO BILLS!

David McMillan

#6912

Lack of NOAA weather is one of my sticking points as well on purchase. If some people have suggestions on where to start making a Rx down converter it be willing to try and report. If other people want to try or conspire in such a thing lets start a new thread on this list.

Dave-

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At 01:24 PM 5/24/01 -0500, you wrote:

I too would appreciate NWS capability on 162 MHz.  However, from the Dayton
buzz, I understand that this radio was designed for the Japanese market with
no thought that it would ever be sold in the USA.  In fact, it was also
stated that it was only through the concerted pleadings of Yaesu America
staffers that this rig was even considered for the US market as an
afterthought.  As they say, the rest is history.  Apparently Yaesu Japan was
the most surprised of everyone about the success of this radio.  If we would
have had to wait for a re-engineering to get 162 MHz,  I would rather have
the 817 sooner than later.  My workaround is my small HT which does a good
job on all the 162 MHz freqs.

72,

Bill
W4RK
Nashville, TN
USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis, Tony" <acurtis@...>
To: <FT817@...>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:54 AM
Subject: [FT817] RE: receive above 154 mHZ

I never would trash this lovely little radio, but my initial reaction to
working with it was incredulity that someone would design a perfect rigfor
backpacking in wilderness areas and leave out the highly-necessary 162 MHz
NOAA wx stations. Truly an odd omission in this bandspread plan.

--Tony  K3RXK

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Dave B

#6922

I too would have liked the extra coverage for wx, but, as a substitute I can almost always find a local FM broadcast station from where ever I've been and get local wx.

Dave

From: "Pres Waterman" <pres@...>
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To: <FT817@...>
Subject: Re: [FT817] RE: receive above 154 mHZ
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:42:49 -0400

Lack of NOAA weather is one of my sticking points as well on purchase. If
some people have suggestions on where to start making a Rx down converter
it be willing to try and report. If other people want to try or conspirein
such a thing lets start a new thread on this list.
Yaesu, of all makers, had some sort of VHF to short-wave converter. I have
one somewhere. I used it on a FT-767 to convert NOAA down to 22.475MHz on a
remote base.

Anyway, the idea of building a small converter with a NE-602 mixer strikes
me as doable, with perhaps a 10m ( FM mode ) IF. Going from 162 to 146 seems
a little risky from the image standpoint, although the LO crystal would be
reasonable.

But at many airports there is a weather broadcast on the AM/Aircraft band.
Look for it by scanning. They give temperature, dew point, barometer
readings, and of course bird warnings.

Not a horrible substitute

Thanks

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

GO BILLS!
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#6925

Wouldn't it be simpler just to use a dedicated NOAA receiver?

Julian, G4ILO

--- In FT817@y..., David McMillan <davemc@E...> wrote:

Lack of NOAA weather is one of my sticking points as well on purchase. If 
some people have suggestions on where to start making a Rx down converter 
it be willing to try and report. If other people want to try or conspire in 
such a thing lets start a new thread on this list.

Dave-

David McMillan

#6930

At 09:12 PM 5/24/01 +0000, you wrote:
Wouldn't it be simpler just to use a dedicated NOAA receiver?

Julian, G4ILOThe issue is weight for me. I'd currently carry the ft-817 and my vx5r , using the vx5r for weather which it has done a good job of in the past. But it does weigh a bit. I don't know how much a dedicated weather receiver would weigh. Some backpackers measure their load out in grams.
Other people have wanted other ranges besides NOAA above 154mhz so a broader receiver would be more useful I'm guessing.
Dave-

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receive above 154 mHZ