Yaesu 817 And 818
Disappointed. STILL no NOAA weather RX (Missed opportunity the first time.
Unforgivable omission the second time around.). No Li-ion battery?. No new display backlight colors (green, amber or white would be so much easier on the eyes than orange, blue and 'blorange'). No built in DSP?There are some really cool QRP radios on the market right now.
Yaesu is going to have to step up their game a notch or two to stay in the game. There's certainly no reason to upgrade from an 817ND, especially if you have aftermarket DSP and Collins filters installed.I still love my 817 but I really hoped for much more from its successor. One watt increase? Nobody will ever hear that.
Increased battery capacity? No big deal either because most serious users bought & installed Wincamp 3000mah LiPo batteries or use external power. Better frequency stability? Fine for satellite users but no big deal for the majority, especially the backpackers and SOTA activators whom this radio is SUPPOSED to be targeted to!Yaesu you are REALLY missing the boat here. I don't know where your suggestion box is but you obviously didn't see the majority who wanted things such as a built-in tuner, 10w output, basic DSP, more rugged power connector, etc.I doubt that I will be buying one of these.
My FT-817nd is same thing. Disappointed. STILL no NOAA weather RX (Missed opportunity the first time. Unforgivable omission the second time around.). No Li-ion battery?. No new display backlight colors (green, amber or white would be so much easier on the eyes than orange, blue and 'blorange'). No built in DSP?There are some really cool QRP radios on the market right now.
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Yaesu is going to have to step up their game a notch or two to stay in the game. There's certainly no reason to upgrade from an 817ND, especially if you have aftermarket DSP and Collins filters installed.
One watt increase? Nobody will ever hear that.
Increased battery capacity? No big deal either because most serious users bought & installed Wincamp 3000mah LiPo batteries or use external power. Better frequency stability? Fine for satellite users but no big deal for the majority, especially the backpackers and SOTA activators whom this radio is SUPPOSED to be targeted to!Yaesu you are REALLY missing the boat here. I don't know where your suggestion box is but you obviously didn't see the majority who wanted things such as a built-in tuner, 10w output, basic DSP, more rugged power connector, etc.I doubt that I will be buying one of these. My FT-817nd is same thing. Click to expand.The ft-817 is a very popular radio as an IF for transverter.
5 or 6w doesn't matter to people using them to drive SHF transverters. 200mW is more than enough.the stability of the TCXO is great but as mentionned it's anything new since it has been availalbe for years on ebay for the ft-817.This 'upgrade' looks more like an updated PCB to address the sourcing issues of some parts including the finals that have gone EOL.I would have loved to find a built in micro-usb for CAT as well as an SMA with access to the IF.73 9v1RM.
YAESU FT-817 Mods!FT817xD0xE3: Battery mod for ft-817Yaesu folks want you to buy the 9.6 vdc battery pack and do not recommend you attempt to chargebatts. From the included 'stock' alkaline pack.
They have even rigged the pack so it will notcharge. Poking around with a VOM I discovered that there is a way to make the alkaline packcharge.
Pull out the pack and peel the tape off of the end with the wires. You will find 2 redwires, 2 black wires and a green wire. Cut and insulate the green wire. Put Nicads or NiMhBatteries in the the pack and set up the charge time circut.
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I have done this with no problem.This keeps you from breaking the bank buying alkaline cells and give you portable batt. Power.Two words of caution:As with all mods, the warranty is affected, do so at your own risk.By during this mod you have now disabled the protection feature and can re-charge alkalinebatts. This could be dangerous and messy.be careful not to do that.
Of course with this mod,you will have little reason to use alkaline cells. I look forward to hearing about otherft-817 mods for this nifty little rig. When you do the 'green wire mod' on the FT-817 to permitcharging of internal NiMH or NiCad batteries, it's very important to install fuse protection oryou could ruin your motherboard (a VERY expensive mistake).Perhaps the easiest way is to install a 2-3 amp Pico fuse in line with the positive (red) wiresleading to the battery pack. Better still, put another Pico fuse in line with the negative(green) wires also.BillWA6CCA Extended TX for FT-8171.Remove the front panel2.Look down on the back of front panel, with the VFO knob just left of center.
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Look at thejumper locations just above the VFO knob on the circut board. Solder the first four jumpersand remove the solder at location five.3.Reassemble the radio, and reset the cpu by pressing the HOME and the power button.This will extend the xmit freqs.