[1000mp] Re: [Yaesu] A phone call to Yaesu

[Pete Smith]

Gee, my Mark 5 begins to roll off the power around 1.8:1 SWR.  It is much 
less forgiving than my TS-930 in this regard.  Thank goodness for my active 
antenna tuner.

I think you may be misreading page 51 of the manual, where it says "The 
built-in antenna tuner is capable of matching antenna with impedances from 
20~150 Ohms, which corresponds to a maximum SWR of approximately 3.0:1."

73, Pete

   At 04:25 PM 2/9/2005, n3drk wrote:

>John,
>      the problem is not you but the attitude with Yaesu. This is why they
>are losing business. You like others have taken the time and expense to call
>Yaesu and ask a simple question before your purchase and it is quite
>humiliating to be treated in such a manner. Makes you feel real good doesn't
>it John! After all you were speaking with a "technical" person and you are
>just a lowly ham radio operator.
>      I purchased a Yaesu Mark V almost two years ago and in the manual it
>states that the rig will load up at full power into an antenna with a 3:1
>swr. Above that the rig will reduce the power. The person you spoke to just
>may not be that knowledable. If you know the persons name you spoke to refer
>him to the manual and then see what he says. He may know as much as he
>thinks he knows; consequently him putting you to shame. Perhaps he is not a
>ham operator and does not know as much as we know!
>73s
>n3drk-john
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
>To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>; <yaesu at contesting.con>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:54 PM
>Subject: [Yaesu] A phone call to Yaesu
>
>
> > I just got off of the phone with Yaesu Tech support,
> > and am some discouraged.  I also think they just lost
> > a sale.  I have been considering getting a yaesu
> > FT857D to use for VHF/UHF and some mobile work.  I was
> > a little wary of this model as I know that the FT857
> > and FT897 had problems with the audio clipping if the
> > SWR got above 1.5:1 or so, as the power is rolled
> > back.  I thought that maybe this problem was fixed in
> > the FT857D model.
> >
> > The gentleman I spoke with in tech support made it
> > sound like it isn't a problem at all (although my ears
> > say different) and made it sound like I must be crazy
> > to even consider running a radio into a 2:1 SWR.  He
> > said that is what antenna tuners are for, but that
> > isn't always practical in a mobile setup.
> >
> > So, are we becoming a bit too SWR phobic?  I used to
> > run my FT100D into a 2:1 SWR with no audio problems.
> > It would roll back the power a bit, but the audio
> > wouldn't cut in and out.
> >
> > And is there a new radio that I can get that will
> > actually work with a less than flat SWR? I know now
> > that the FT857D isn't for me because some of my mobile
> > antenna have a **GASP** less than flat SWR.  Heck, the
> > Yaesu FT107M used to say in their ads that it would do
> > 75% power out into a 3:1 SWR.
> >
> > 73s John NE0P
> >
> >
> >
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