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Month: November 2014
FT-817 VHF 144mhz QRP QSO between KE7SAK an WA7JTM
Recorded on January 23, 2011 at Saguaro Lake, AZ. I was mountain top mobile about 3 miles north of the Lake. Beam was 3 element Arrow antenna mounted …
Yaesu FT -817, HAM STICK AND PORTABLE BATTERY PACK
I took my Yaesu FT-817 camping this weekend and made a short video. Using a home made mount for the ham stick (org idea came from watching a video on …
Man-Portable QRP by the sea ∣ PSK31 FT-817 Samsung Galaxy Tab
Sitting at my favorite location today working with psk31. QRP. Equipment – FT-817ND – ATX Walkabout – DroidPSK – WolphiLink interface – Samsung Galaxy …
CW QSO UT5UKA/P with IK0FNH – 1 Wt FT-817 nd
CW QSO UT5UKA/P with IK0FNH – 1 Wt FT-817 nd.
PY2DS and KJ4AMH using a Yaesu FT-817ND and magnetic loop antenna
PY2DS with FT-817ND + loop magnetic antena in contact with KJ4AMH, PORTABLE – QRP (5 watts) in 24 mhz.
QSO entre PY2DS ( QRP – PORTÁTIL- FT-817 ) e EA7ASK em 15 metros SSB
PY2DS utilizando YAESU FT-817ND (5 watts) e antena Alexloop magnética.
FT-817 QRP DX QSO Brazil to Falkland Islands
PY2DS operating portable with FT-817nd (5 watts) and loop magnetic antenna ALEXLOOP.
14OM/MILL11014 BY 161TRC104 QRP FT817
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M0SAZ QRP QSO with YO6PMX and YO6OFL – 0.5w FT-817
Fantastic QSO using just 0.5w SSB to talk to 2 great hams in Romania. My Yaesu FT-817ND connected to the Western HF10 multiband antenna.
My QRP setup on our trip to Montreal
Some time ago I wrote 2 small blogs. One about using a CW filter in digital mode and one about doing more with less. It was about a trip I made to Montreal, where I used my small FT-817nd radio to make some impressive contacts. Well, at least to me they were impressive! 😉
My furthest contact there was 7500 km (4660 miles) using 2.5 watt on RTTY.
I found some pictures that I took when we were there and I decided to share them with you. I was using my FT-817nd, together with a Signalink USB device for digital mode (RTTY) and a small MFJ-904H tuner with built in 4:1 balun.
I used my Macbook Air running Windows XP on Vmware to be able to use RTTY on Digital Master 780.
As an antenna I used a 9 meter (29 feet) long end fed wire on a telescopic stick. I used the tuner with built in balun to make the wire into a usable antenna.
Why was my antenna 29 feet? I found a great article about wire lengths for end fed antennas here. It was written by VE3EED (SK), and its a must read for people that like end fed antennas, I think!
So, here are the pictures.
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This article was first published on www.pa1ca.nl and is published here with permission of the author.
FT817 with MFJ1899T
qso on 31-may-2009 with IZ7JVR on 50.160 Mhz, using Yaesu FT817ND (on the internal batterypack) and MFJ1899T multiband portable antenna in the garden.
YAESU FT-817ND ” O PEQUENO NOTÁVEL”
Escuta realizada em 15 de fevereiro de 2010 na cidade de Miracatu – SP usando um YAESU FT-817 ND acoplado por um KENWOOD AT-120 e uma antena …
Contato QRP entre PY2DS e PW8DX com rádio YAESU FT-817
PY2DS operando portátil QRP com o rádio Yaesu FT-817ND (2,5 watts) e antena loop magnética ALEXLOOP.
video de lionel avec le ft 817 nd
eqso avec le ft 817nd avec lionel et toujour sur 27.415.00 en usb.
CW QSO UT5UKA P with IK0FNH 1 Wt FT 817 nd
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