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Powering the Yaesu FT-817

albertw / April 19, 2017

The Yaesu FT-817ND is advertised as “the world’s first self-contained, battery-powered, Multi-mode Portable Transceiver covering the HF, VHF, and UHF bands.” Although it can only put out a maximum of 5W it is very popular, particularly for Summit On The Air type activity.

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New 6m antenna

albertw / February 24, 2017

Oh dear. It’s been over a couple of years since I’ve posted here! Well to start up again here’s todays lunchtime project – a 6m antenna based on the design at http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=13156 Thanks to Keith for all the bits of wire!