My first HF rig
I bit the bullet, and took my wife down to HRO in New Castle, DE.
I picked up the Yaesu FT-817ND. While looking at it, one of the people behind the counter asked us to hold on, went out to their car, brought their rig in and we had a fully charged unit to see the screen size.
From a number of reviews I read, this is a small rig, so that means small buttons and not a lot of them. Which means, all menu driven. The friendly rep did not happen to know HOW to change the screen size or color, but said exactly what I have read as a pro AND a con “Its here in the menu somewhere, let me find it”
I picked up a few accessories, because you can’t go shopping for toys and not get the extra little pieces to go with it -
The Yaesu FT-817 carrying case
A 12V car charger / adapter
ARRL Repeater Directory
The SuperAntenna MP-1 http://www.superantennas.com/html/mp-1_portable.html a small, portable HF antenna
The matching break apart small tripod
They were even nice enough to suggest another band attachment for the antenna as a Chirstmas gift. I did not get the 80 Meter Coil Extender. Lets get some use on the other bands before anothe rotpional device gets picked up.
Now to figure out what to do with the thing next
I took this picture, and packed it back up. I’ll start reading the manual on Monday night, and charge it during the day at work. Too little time at home to spend learning the new equipment.
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