... Hi Johnny, I think that the 2A supply will be rather marginal, but it will depend on the supply. Some power supplies are quite happy at a !mean! current of...
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The FT817 Group averages over 500 (+/-130 one-sigma) messages per month. Because the volume of messages is rather large, I would like to remind everyone of a...
Johnny, Tim makes a very good point. When the rear connector is selected for the antenna an "R" will display on the right side of the display. When the front...
Thank you Ron, and other members of the group, I think I have enough info to deal with this problem when the radio arrives. I appreciate the great response to...
When I sent this via my email program here I received back a WHOLE bunch of failure to deliver notices and I have not seen my actual post appear on the group...
I must have been brain dead when I read Jeff's email to me as I thought his question about my titles was posted on the list for all to read but in a personal...
Rev Johnny, I would have been offended by Jeff's message, but have learned with this e-mail one cannot always state things as one wishes since we cannot laugh...
Thank you Ron for your kind words. I called the person I bought the FT-817 from today to check on the shipping and he sent it UPS I should have it by this...
Hi all, From another Yeasu board which might be of interest here. YAESU SERIAL NUMBERS Yaesu has used the same serial number sequence on all units for at least...
Gang, Every year since I can remember (and survivin' the 60s don't help much) we've done family vacations at some beach south of Myrtle Beach, SC. Most times I...
I have a CAT Cable and "RATS FT817" software from KingSmith. Unfortunately It did not come with a tutorial. Does anyone have any experience with this program? ...
Awhile back, I posted about a problem I was having with my 817, where it would randomly lose menu settings. Eventually that problem went away, but this morning...
hello had similar problem with my 817nd that had less than 10 min transmit after 2 years- all receive- tried everything- then called yaesu said either eprom...
Well the rig FT-817 arrived! COOL COOL COOL first thing I did was do a master reset then I went to 2M and programmed my repeater and PL keyed up and.....it...
My 817 manual says if the power icon shows 3 lines its in 2.5 watt mode but I can't get it for some reason to go to 5 watts the icon is supposed to blink...
Hi, Fr. Johnny. I'm very happy that you like your 817. I sent mine to W4RT to have him install his mods. Didn't want to attempt to do them myself. His...
Three bars blink only when on internal battery power for 5 watts. When using an external battery or power supply 5 watts will have NO bars showing. Aaron...
Thanks Ed I really like it. I went to bed at 300 A.M could not sleep and got up at 5 to play. I will remember your recommendation thanks and 73 Johnny KD5LWU ...
... of Vcc level rather than an indication of whether the internal battery or external supply are used. It's been well documented here that the FT-817 doesn't...
I have what I believe to be a "real" CT-62 cable for my 817. I believe it to be real because when I bought my 817, it came along with the rig, and was in a...
That's not kind of frustrating, it is totally frustrating. I am certain that no one has to tell you to make sure the com port numbers have to match as well as...
Stan, You are correct. The baud rate is set correctly, as well as the com port number. I have tried at all possible baud rate settings, as well as making...
Can someone help me out here? I recently changed the menu setting for a higher cw speed in the menu. Today I could not send anything in cw. When I key using my...
Norm sounds like you turned off the keyer. Check it by pressing the "F" key momentarily and using the SEL know go to the 10th item. Press the "C" button which...
I am contemplating one of the Ramsey amplifiers to add to my 817 for home use mainly, since the 817 is now my only hf rig. My question is this...has anyone...
Checked all that, Graham....it's all correct. I think at this point, I am just going to get a Mac serial cable, and build up a cat interface for the home...
Hi all, waiting for my 817 to arrive, purchased it from ebay. Its a 2001 model, not an ND. What sort of things should I look for? Common troubles? Its had the ...
