I was using my yaesu ft 897d with an ldg yt 100 and a 11 1v lipo battery both installed internally in the original battery.
Ft 897 lipo battery.
Qso with ct1mh as a chaser for beaches on the air on 30 january 2016.
The fnb 78 4 5 battery however sets you back 124 around 100 and bear in mind you probably want need two and also need a specific yaesu.
The rig is very portable and the internal batteries are most convenient as you don t need any separate power supply.
13 2 volt 4500mah rechargeable ni mh battery for the yaesu vertex ft 897 radio.
Not an issue for me.
In this video i open up the radio to install a new lipo batter.
Even 4500 mah is a large capacity ft 897 needs more than 600 ma on.
Yaesu ft 897 can operate from two internal battery packs for portable use.
Recharges with original factory charger.
These are 4 cell batteries that have the right voltage range required for the ft 897d and ft 857d.
Internal batteries in the ft 897 i liked operating portable with my ft 897 with its internal fnb 78 battery packs.
If i was powering an ft 817nd i could have gone for a 3 cell lipo battery as the ft 817nd doesn t need as much voltage and just wastes the rest in heat.
At first i wanted to buy a ft 817d radio but as my ft 897d can hold batteries as well and power can be set as low as 5 watts i decided to first upgrade my ft 897d with one or two battery packs.