If i were looking for another radio with those capabilities i would buy an ft 857 and mount a gel cell to it.
Ft 897 battery connector.
Valley enterprises yaesu usb ftdi ct 62 cat cable ft 100 ft 817 ft 818 ft 857 ft 897 4 6 out of.
The dc power connector for the ft 897 must only be con.
This would give a significantly greater battery life than the 897 offers.
Could i make a power cable to connect to an outside battery such as seal lead.
External dc power source operation.
I will have to live with nearly four times the weight of the ft 817nd and twice the weight of the ft 857d.
I also prefer it overall as a base unit to the other potential option the yaesu ft 857d.
420 470 mhz.
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.
Internal batteries in the ft 897 i liked operating portable with my ft 897 with its internal fnb 78 battery packs.
Yaesu ft 897 can operate from two internal battery packs for portable use.
I like to power the radio through the batt.
The ft 897 comes with a mh 31b8 hand mic and power cord.
Essentially an ft 857 in a bigger box with a handle and feet.
But do not want to use the internal batteries.
The rig is very portable and the internal batteries are most convenient as you don t need any separate power supply.
160 10 meters 50 mhz 144 mhz 430 450 mhz plus alaska emergency chan.
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.
At 10 w power the pair of batteries lasted a weekend of casual operating.
Plug and not through the 13 5v power connector.
Adapter ft 817 ft 817nd ft 818 for anderson powerpole adapter connector 3 6 out of 5 stars 6.
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.
Features tx frequency coverage.
Hello i would like to take advantage of the low power consumption of the yaesu ft 897 while using batteries.
Exact frequency range may be slightly different.
It would be easy to rig battery handle and radio together.
Rx frequency coverage.
I had it several years then sold it.
I wire up the optional battery sense pin to create a custom low power battery mode cable.
