[Lowfer] Yaesu FT-897

[PAUL DAULTON]

I wonder if your Kenwood 570 requires modification like other Kenwood
 models.
To remove the attenuator on BC band and below?
Some one mybe Andy described those mods.
Paul k5wms
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim <w4jbm at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:12:07 -0400
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer \(US, European, &UK\) and MedFer bands"
 <lowfer at mailman.qth.net> 
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Yaesu FT-897
 
 
> 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  
 
http://www.geocities.com/w4jbm  
 
"With a soldering iron in one hand, a schematic in the  
other, and a puzzled look on his face..."  
 
Working the world from the New Dog Iron Ranch!  
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