Ft 897 Battery Connector

But do not want to use the internal batteries.

Ft 897 battery connector.

I had it several years then sold it. The rig is very portable and the internal batteries are most convenient as you don t need any separate power supply. At 10 w power the pair of batteries lasted a weekend of casual operating. The ft 897 comes with a mh 31b8 hand mic and power cord.

Could i make a power cable to connect to an outside battery such as seal lead. Rx frequency coverage. The ft 897 is designed use from 1 an external dc power source 2 internal battery requires optional fnb 78 ni mh battery pack or 3 ac power source requires optional fp 30 internal ac power supply. Internal batteries in the ft 897 i liked operating portable with my ft 897 with its internal fnb 78 battery packs.

Each ni mh battery pack is 13 2 volt 4500 mah and when the radio operates from these packs it has an output power of 20 watts on all amateur bands. If i were looking for another radio with those capabilities i would buy an ft 857 and mount a gel cell to it. Valley enterprises yaesu usb ftdi ct 62 cat cable ft 100 ft 817 ft 818 ft 857 ft 897 4 6 out of. I like to power the radio through the batt.

Exact frequency range may be slightly different. External dc power source operation. Features tx frequency coverage. Essentially an ft 857 in a bigger box with a handle and feet.

Hello i would like to take advantage of the low power consumption of the yaesu ft 897 while using batteries. So i have bought the yaesu ft 897d for it s versatility in being able to have fitted internally an ac psu or battery power. Even 4500 mah is a large capacity ft 897 needs more than 600 ma on. It would be easy to rig battery handle and radio together.

420 470 mhz. I will have to live with nearly four times the weight of the ft 817nd and twice the weight of the ft 857d. 160 10 meters 50 mhz 144 mhz 430 450 mhz plus alaska emergency chan. Plug and not through the 13 5v power connector.

I also prefer it overall as a base unit to the other potential option the yaesu ft 857d. The dc power connector for the ft 897 must only be con. Yaesu ft 897 can operate from two internal battery packs for portable use. Bat socket of ch 817s charging hatch and the outgoing line of p p charging hatch is butted into the supply line of ft 817 battery they.

I wire up the optional battery sense pin to create a custom low power battery mode cable.