Sorry the list of rigs should read FT847 not FT897D sorry about that Howard VE4ISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Kowall" <hkow...@shaw.ca> To: "John Geiger" <aa...@yahoo.com>; <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:21 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FT857/897 on satellites
> Good Morning John > I use a FT897D for satellite and also a FT817 for Full Duplex operation > I use them together so I can hear myself on the downlink (which is the > proper way to do it). > It receives the satellite fine(both rigs)but I would not consider the > Ft897D > a upgrade or vise versa,the best upgrade to do as a first thing is the > antenna and cable and quality connectors.The draw back that I don't like > on > the Yaesu rigs is that the cat system cannot work during transmit,so > Doppler > is not corrected when you transmit and can be a bit of a pain when trying > to > setup your software for calibration.Its not to big of a deal and you can > work around it.I personal believe that upgrading to any one of the multi > band and multi mode rigs wont show any improvement.I have learnt allot > from > this board over this year and I live buy this rule (High Gain Low > Loss).If > I had an Icom and I wanted to buy another rig to run full duplex,I would > buy > a Icom,just for the fact that I mentioned above about Doppler correction > and > calibration.In order to upgrade your transceiver it is best to buy a rig > that is design for satellite operation (IC910H,TS2000,FT897D,FT736R,etc) > this is just my personal opinion. > Good Luck > Howard > VE4ISP > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Geiger" <aa...@yahoo.com> > To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>; <ya...@mailman.qth.net>; > <ft...@yahoogroups.com>; > <ft...@yahoogroups.com>; <ft-...@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:57 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT857/897 on satellites > > >> Is anyone on the list using a Yaesu FT897 or FT857 on the LEO satellites >> (both FM and SSB)? I am currently using an Icom 706MKIIG with pretty >> good >> results, but have been thinking about "upgrading" to a Yaesu FT897D or >> maybe a FT857D. I have used some Yaesu rigs on the sats before and the >> 706MKIIG seems to hear them better, especially AO27. >> >> I don't have a big setup-Cushcraft dualband yagi (5 elements on each >> band) >> with no elevation, so signals are not rockcrushing from the satellites. >> The QST reviews show that the Icom has better sensitivity on 70cm SSB >> (MDS >> of -143 vs -139 dbm) and on FM (.16 vs .21 microvolts) but are those >> differences really meaningful? Do the 897 and 857 still receive the sats >> really good with a minimal setup? >> >> 73s John AA5JG >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
