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...
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n8mfn
Nov 1, 2008 11:52 am
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...
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Bob Conder
bconder
Nov 1, 2008 12:25 pm
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...
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n8mfn
Nov 1, 2008 12:35 pm
Thanks to everyone that replied to my post I made those changes and it works fine Rick N8MFN ARMY MARS AAR5CN...
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Pam & Mario
g8ode_mario
Nov 1, 2008 12:59 pm
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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FT817@yahoogroups.com
Nov 1, 2008 1:04 pm
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...
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Mike Lewis
k4mpl
Nov 1, 2008 1:04 pm
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...
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n8mfn
Nov 1, 2008 1:05 pm
I use the american morese dcp paddels and the leg mount have about 50 bucks in it...
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George Andrews
mauser06483
Nov 1, 2008 2:59 pm
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...
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Paul W. Ross
deadgoose38
Nov 1, 2008 5:02 pm
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...
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QRP_1@...
kc8aon
Nov 1, 2008 5:35 pm
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...
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Bill Ross
wmhesther
Nov 1, 2008 5:49 pm
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...
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Magic Rabbits
poglad
Nov 2, 2008 8:23 pm
My yellow F is starting to rub off. :-(...
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evdw@...
vk2kur
Nov 2, 2008 9:20 pm
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...
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albeham2001
Nov 2, 2008 9:33 pm
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...
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Jim Brown
jimki6wj
Nov 2, 2008 10:21 pm
I want to use my ft817 and ft 857 together for SSB mode on SATS! Could use an ELMER for this project! Jim KI6WJ...
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Dale Blanchard
wa7ixk
Nov 2, 2008 10:48 pm
... It is better to get a charger designed for them. http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm Dale...
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evdw@...
vk2kur
Nov 3, 2008 12:49 am
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...
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Paul Goelz
paulgoelz
Nov 3, 2008 2:13 am
... 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...
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Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
nigelgunn99
Nov 3, 2008 3:00 am
I'm not sure if they even charged me for my replacement strip of buttons....
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Paul Goelz
paulgoelz
Nov 3, 2008 3:10 am
... 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...
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Jason
texas_trucke...
Nov 3, 2008 6:02 am
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...
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ei4hq
Nov 3, 2008 6:02 am
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...
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Andrew Glasbrenner
h2ocavedweller
Nov 3, 2008 2:28 pm
... 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....
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cpcohen1945
Nov 3, 2008 5:03 pm
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....
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voip10
Nov 3, 2008 7:21 pm
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....
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Don
n4tzhradio
Nov 3, 2008 7:43 pm
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...
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Cormac Gebruers
ei4hq
Nov 3, 2008 8:14 pm
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 ...
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Matt
matt43614
Nov 3, 2008 11:14 pm
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...
