[Yaesu] FT-897D transmitted noise

[Mike Miller]

I just read something about that on one of the lists and I 
thought I'd saved it because it applies to the 857 as well.
Anyway the gist of the post was that turning on the  receive  
digital band-pass filter noticeably reduced the  transmitted 
noise. It went on to describe setting the HPF and LPF  
frequencies to minimize the BPF effects on receive.

I don't know if it works, but it doesn't cost anything and can't 
or shouldn't hurt anything so give it a try. I'll see if I can 
find the original post so they can receive the credit.

Mike kc9doa

> A local friend and myself have recently acquired FT-897Ds. We
> like the radios but have noticed a peculiarity with them. On SSB
> there is a background noise being transmitted. It sounds a little
> like another radio is on in the same room tuned to the same freq
> with the volume up just enough to cause a little feedback. It is
> most noticeable between words or any time there is silence while
> the PTT is still pressed. We hear it on both of our radios but
> not on other friends radios here locally. For  that reason we
> don't suspect that it is in the receiver. Raising or lowering the
> mic gain has no effect. Changing transmit filters does not change
> it. Engaging the DSP mic EQ does nothing for it. Shifting the
> transmit carrier is no help. Any body run into this before? Paul,
> N5PS _______________________________________________ Yaesu