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All Band Radios
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cockpitbob
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Most of the all-band radios cover HF, 6M, 2M, 70cm. I have an FT-857 and love its versatility.
What do you want the 23cm band for?
What do you want the 23cm band for?
ChevyGuy91
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23cm is up where we run our satellite internet on the ship, what do hams use this range for?
cockpitbob
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I just did a little digging on 23cm.
* it's allocated to Hams on a secondary basis only.
* almost no repeaters in the US, but popular in Japan.
* a few satellites have 23cm uplinks.
* sometimes used for moon bounce.
* it's microwave, so its propagation is affected by rain, clouds, fog,...
It doesn't seem useful except to a microwave geek.
* it's allocated to Hams on a secondary basis only.
* almost no repeaters in the US, but popular in Japan.
* a few satellites have 23cm uplinks.
* sometimes used for moon bounce.
* it's microwave, so its propagation is affected by rain, clouds, fog,...
It doesn't seem useful except to a microwave geek.
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ChevyGuy91
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I can vouch for this statement. Our link goes to shit in bad weather in our location or the earth station.
cockpitbob
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I'm not sure. 4 years ago I paid $800 but it was like NIB with about $200 in accessories (the desk mic and SSB mechanical filter).
On QRZ they seem to go for $500-700 depending on included accessories.
ToddDubya
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There's a difference between the 857 and 857d. The "d" gets you DSP features that are handy. I would confirm that before buying.
I have an 857d and while it's super versatile it's also a little cumbersome to operate when changing modes and so on. I bought the spiral bound guide and that's pretty helpful. I also make cheat sheets for things like operating in digital modes to remind me which settings to change.
If I did more than listen on the thing I'd be able to offer better advice![[smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif "Smile [smile]")
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I have an 857d and while it's super versatile it's also a little cumbersome to operate when changing modes and so on. I bought the spiral bound guide and that's pretty helpful. I also make cheat sheets for things like operating in digital modes to remind me which settings to change.
If I did more than listen on the thing I'd be able to offer better advice
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900 mhz sees some action. There are several repeaters around here and a lot of the guys who use old commercial radios in GE like it.
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Went over to an Elmer's house today here in town and I took a look at his FT-991.
I like that radio. Seems very simple to use but has a TON of features. That may be my next radio.
He also showed my his HF antennas. He has numerous ones for doing everything HF. He's a big fan of the offset center fed dipoles. Those seem to need A LOT OF LAND. I've got plenty of trees around my house but was thinking maybe I'll start off with something smaller. Maybe something in the attic.
I like that radio. Seems very simple to use but has a TON of features. That may be my next radio.
He also showed my his HF antennas. He has numerous ones for doing everything HF. He's a big fan of the offset center fed dipoles. Those seem to need A LOT OF LAND. I've got plenty of trees around my house but was thinking maybe I'll start off with something smaller. Maybe something in the attic.
AHM
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(Belated) correction:
The unique feature in the FT-857D is 60m support.
If the rig has memories M-601, ..., M-605,
then it is a D, and can transmit on 60m.
While the FT-857D has the AF DSP chip factory installed,
the vanilla FT-857 allows a Yaesu DSP-2 daughter board to be field-installed
(and my vanilla FT-857 was bundled with a DSP-2).
Any FT-857 that has the DSP installed will respond to DSP keys in the DSP menu.
ToddDubya
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(Belated) correction:
The unique feature in the FT-857D is 60m support.
If the rig has memories M-601, ..., M-605,
then it is a D, and can transmit on 60m.
While the FT-857D has the AF DSP chip factory installed,
the vanilla FT-857 allows a Yaesu DSP-2 daughter board to be field-installed
(and my vanilla FT-857 was bundled with a DSP-2).
Any FT-857 that has the DSP installed will respond to DSP keys in the DSP menu.
Thanks for the correction. I wasn't aware of the 60m difference.
AHM
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Glad to pitch in (after it's too late).
I never had the urge for that band, which is lucky considering that my rig ain't got it.
I've never asked a vanilla FT-857 owner if they had the DSP-2 daughter board installed, but I've never had anyone confess that their vanilla rig never had it installed.
As far as I was concerned, the DSP-2 bundling was done by HRO[/Salem].
But for all I know, Yaesu had realized that everyone wanted the feature,
and was sending one along with every rig shipped to stores (Jan'04).
73's
