[KL7AA] [AK-VHF] BP50 Activation Report

[Brandon Clark]

Hi Jack,

Yep, that's exactly what it was - problem fixed. I had an issue with the 
power connector and that wire was grounded out to the negative line 
(thankfully that's all it was). I repaired the connector and now it runs 
normally at all power levels.


On 10/21/2018 06:03 PM, Jk wrote:
> Brandon,
>
> The 20 watt problem rings a bell!
> He is something to consider!
> The "Brown" wire on the FT-857D side of the power
> lead, is the "Battery Sense" wire. If this
> wire is grounded the FT-857D will "Automatically"
> switch to 20 watts output (10 watts on 430Mhz)
> regardless of the setting in menu item #75. This is
> discussed on page 32 of the FT-857D's manual.
>
> Jack
> k0var
>
>
> On Oct 21, 2018, at 8:23 PM, Brandon Clark <kl7bsc at gmail.com 
> <mailto:kl7bsc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Craig,
>>
>> Yeah, I figured I wouldn't be heard much beyond south Anchorage. With 
>> as many people as we have on the Saturday morning nets I might start 
>> doing something like that more often: maybe a SOTA activation, or 
>> trying out other locations once in a while.
>>
>>
>> I keep thinking that it would be a lot of fun to run some digital on 
>> those Saturday nets after the voice portion wraps up. Some PSK31 on 
>> 6M could be fun. It turns out I do have an issue with my Yaesu 857 
>> though - I think the power amplifier has a problem. When I brought 
>> the rig home and did some testing with a wattmeter and dummy load I 
>> found I'm only getting a max of 20 watts output. On HF and 6 M it 
>> should be 100.
>>
>> Brandon
>>
>>
>>
>> Won't have any high power
>>
>>
>> On 10/20/2018 10:58 PM, Ruthann Bledsoe wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Brandon >>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      I heard KA1NVZ talking to you during the VHF+ Net this morning, 
>>> but I couldn't copy you directly here in Eagle River due to major
>
>
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