Yaesu FT857D Just acquired

Just got a FT857D from a local Ham with a few accessories. including an auto atu!

Its not been messed about with, but I think I will attempt the Mars Mod on it to get 60m and 11m to be added to the TX Ops. I won't be soldering though, will use Conductive ink to join contacts and remove 2 of the zero ohm resistors
 
Had one a good while back when they first came out, then replaced with an FT897 its big sister. 100watts HF ,50 watts VHF and 20 watts UHF. this is possibly going to replace the Xiegu G90 , just for the fact of a higher power output

Didn't you just buy the G90 ??.

Haven't you got two FT991's Alan?




You know what it's like mate - get a radio, get another, trade/sell one, get another.........

I started with one, now I've got six!!



Tony - you take care diving into that radio mate. Don't want to b*gger it up as soon as you get it!
I hope you have fun with it though.

Hi Alan, yes I did but couldn't resist the 857 as it was good price with all the accessories it had   Xiegu will possible be getting sold soon to furnish another one 

Victor wrote:

Tony - you take care diving into that radio mate. Don't want to b*gger it up as soon as you get it!
I hope you have fun with it though.

 I will Victor, that's why I'm using conductive ink instead of solder as I can wipe it away if leaks over to other contacts, I did it this way with the first 857 and also the 897 I had !

Got an FTdx1200 as well Victor lol.

Widebanding done, all open, some simple tests all working fine, now to program some memories, especially all the channelised ones on 5MHz. 2 resistors removed and 2 sets of pads connected with the Conductive Ink. I  did find that the Mini ATU 100 out performs the LDG Z100 that it came with, so may pass on the LDG?? 

Well done with the conversion Tony. 

Victor wrote:

Well done with the conversion Tony. 

Thanks Victor, its all working well, my Grandson got a greeting message out yesterday to one of my local guys on 2m ssb, and Ive ordered a YF-122 ssb filter for it, so looks like it will be the main Shack radio from now on, I do Love Yaesu gear 

Quite tidy for me these days with my twitches 

Very tidy job.
Might have a look for some of that stuff.

Alan Pilot wrote:

Very tidy job.
Might have a look for some of that stuff.

Thanks Alan, these pads are so tiny, I don't have a micro soldering iron and my Skills are not that good with an Iron, now give me a mig welder and that's a different story 

Well done, enjoy the radio.

Good luck with the sale Tony.
Tempted but do i need it with 2x ft-991a's plus a ftdx1200 plus 1 or 2 others lol.

G90 Sold, along with a couple of accessories from the 857 purchase, so all good, still on look out for a 10/11m SSB Radio with an analogue meter?

Great Job, “Conductive Ink” I must go see Mr. Google.

A link to the one you used ?????????

your wish is my command   

Conductive Ink

Bought.
Thanks
No idea what i need it for but it will get used first chance i get just to try lol.

Conductive ink. 
Got mine this morning.

FT857 is on Ebay now, Just purchased an FT847, and must admit the 847 receive sensitivity is impressive, also has 4 meters on it, albeit 10watts output and a high current drain, just wide banded this one using the same conductive ink!!  May take a look at fitting a kit to give 70Mhz more output and less drain on power supply.

Added the 2 ceramic filters for SSB, may take a look at the satellite side of this radio, but not in a hurry to do so? Haha