I need to call them and see if someone could answer a few questions on the "Mega 817" battery. Jeff W. Waldrop KE5PIH ... taxes) ... under "Voucher". ... for...
Hi allgoing to be a warm day here in south west Ohio so I think I will haed to the park with my ft-817 and buddipole will probly be on 7.040 and will try the...
Took two miniDXpeditions with my 817 this summer. One was to the top of Grandfather Mountain in our North Carolina mountains - which is over a mile high. The...
Personally I would not bother .. very fancy .. looks really nice and will take up quite a lot of space in my small bag. But you could easily make an...
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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...
Bob: Looks like great fun. I've yet to actually take my FT817 out backpacking, but I'm going to include it for a spring trip I'm planning. Are you involved...
All, I have not looked to see if the calendar is in use for this group. I have tried post it notes on my screen when I read about someone heading out, but that...
I also like the ones from Whiterook Products -- electronicsUSA.com They have "straight" and Iambic keys, etc. Also very convenient SHORT jumper cords for less...
I also like the ones from Whiterook Products -- electronicsUSA.com [snip] You'll like their paddles until the arms comes unglued in the middle of a qso like...
Was browsing through the "Files" section of this reflector, and came across the Antennas>MP-1, and saw the file on drilling a hole in the rear heat sink of the...
Hi Magic, well, by now you should know which button it is after all the use so it shouldn't really matter. It's called normal wear and tear. You should be able...
Hello You all, I get these bateries SLA and Lithium-ION several a month. I know how to charge a SLA, but what about the Lithium-Ion battery pack? I have three...
Hi Al, Charging Li-Ion cells is a fairly complicated process due to their requirements. It will depend on whether you have the cells in series, parallel of a...
... There are some guidelines and rules when using lithium cells. Lithium cells are 3V per cell fully discharged and 4.2V per cell fully charged. They must...
... I should add that many of us in the model airplane community consider lithium cells dangerous enough to take precautions when charging and storing them. I...
I attended a demonstration where the operator worked AO-51 with a pair of 817's, but the radios were separate units. He held the TX rig, and another spectator...
Hi All, I'm about to take the plunge and purchase the FT817ND... Like many who have gone before me I'm trying to establish if this little gem can really be the...
... Hi Jim and the group, It's relatively simple to use the pair for a satellite station. I would use the 857 for the uplink and the 817 as the receiver....
Jason -- That's the way our club does satellite QSO's, and we've done a few SSB QSO's. But we have two Yagis (one receive, one xmit) and two people aiming....
Hi Cormac, The unmodified EU variant of the 817-ND I have covers air band receive. The next band up covers 137-154MHz and the one after that 420-470MHz....
Hi all, This is surplus to my needs: Small outboard controller that generates all commands necessary to provide a tuning carrier from the FT-817 by pushing one...
Voi, Oh, OK - that's news to me - good news, I hasten to add... it gets a bit confusing with the different models and region variants... you've definitely ...
There have been many, many of us who have wanted to extend into the 162MHz (here in the US that gives you weather). But as of yet I have found no published...
