The dc power connector for the ft 897 must only be con.
Ft 897 battery connector.
The ft 897 is designed use from 1 an external dc power source 2 internal battery requires optional fnb 78 ni mh battery pack or 3 ac power source requires optional fp 30 internal ac power supply.
External dc power source operation.
Essentially an ft 857 in a bigger box with a handle and feet.
Rx frequency coverage.
Internal batteries in the ft 897 i liked operating portable with my ft 897 with its internal fnb 78 battery packs.
It would be easy to rig battery handle and radio together.
Plug and not through the 13 5v power connector.
Each ni mh battery pack is 13 2 volt 4500 mah and when the radio operates from these packs it has an output power of 20 watts on all amateur bands.
Exact frequency range may be slightly different.
160 10 meters 50 mhz 144 mhz 430 450 mhz plus alaska emergency chan.
I also prefer it overall as a base unit to the other potential option the yaesu ft 857d.
I wire up the optional battery sense pin to create a custom low power battery mode cable.
At 10 w power the pair of batteries lasted a weekend of casual operating.
Make offer 8 band equalizer noise gate to yaesu ft 450 ft 817 ft 857 ft 897 ft 900 ft 991a mini link 5 radio connector yaesu ft 817nd ft 857d ft 897d radio connector 52 88.
Features tx frequency coverage.
If i were looking for another radio with those capabilities i would buy an ft 857 and mount a gel cell to it.
This would give a significantly greater battery life than the 897 offers.
I had it several years then sold it.
Even 4500 mah is a large capacity ft 897 needs more than 600 ma on.
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But do not want to use the internal batteries.
Hello i would like to take advantage of the low power consumption of the yaesu ft 897 while using batteries.
420 470 mhz.
Bat socket of ch 817s charging hatch and the outgoing line of p p charging hatch is butted into the supply line of ft 817 battery they.
I will have to live with nearly four times the weight of the ft 817nd and twice the weight of the ft 857d.
Adapter ft 817 ft 817nd ft 818 for anderson powerpole adapter connector 3 6 out of 5 stars 6.
Could i make a power cable to connect to an outside battery such as seal lead.
Yaesu ft 897 can operate from two internal battery packs for portable use.
The ft 897 comes with a mh 31b8 hand mic and power cord.
