[Lowfer] Yaesu FT-897

[Jim]

> A while back someone (I lost the e-mail) posted some positive comments
> about the Yaesu FT-897 on LF receive. Does anyone have any experience
> with the FT-897 in the presence of strong AM BC stations?

I use the FT-857. I live West of Atlanta and there are two nearby AM towers 
that cause intermod when I use my simple MOSFET converter or my MOSFET active 
antenna. But with a PA0RDT mini-whip I haven't had any problems with intermod 
or desensing.

One thing I would probably do different (and will probably do at some point) 
is use a low-pass filter on the active antenna. I'd really like to limit my 
active antenna's frequency response to something like 60-500 kHz or so. Right 
now it's usable up to above 10 MHz, so it lets everything in.

But the bottom line is that I'm very happy with the 857. It works better than 
the Kenwood 570 I was using before and better than any of my other receivers 
with a converter in front of them. Very stable and accurate. User interface 
on the 857 leaves a lot to be desired, but I use computer control most of the 
time.

73 de
Jim W4JBM

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