A radio or a transceiver is used for receiving and transmitting signals on the ham radio bands.
The Yaesu FT-817ND transceiver has four different transmitter output power levels: 5 W, 2.5 W, 1 W and 0.5 W. However, the visual indicators can be confusing as the differ slightly depending on whether the radio is powered via its…
The Yaesu FT-817ND is one of the smallest MF/HF/VHF/UHF multimode general-coverage amateur radio transceivers. Initially released as FT-817 in 2001 it was upgraded to FT-817ND in 2004. Another hardware revision led to the launch of the FT-818ND in 2019. This…
The Yaesu FT-817ND is a little and versatile all-band multi-mode portable ham radio transceiver which I am using routinely during SOTA (Summits-On-The-Air) activations. Although the little radio is already quite capable in it’s default configuration there are several tuning options…