In message <CAKi7SJHkXAA4HSgMFXCaX9op62+t8uXsNkQdne1gbnc=S=O-5w@...>, Hal Dale <wb4aeg@...> writes

Bought my 847 new in in the 90's I think.. I love it....It's a early
model....On air all most daily...Hal/WB4AEG
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 10:14 AM Rob <g4ujs@...> wrote:
This list has 158 members....and super quiet, I guess 158 people
totally happy with their FT-847's
I am
73 de Rob G4UJS

I got mine 2nd hand in the late 90s. I've just fired it up on 4m for a sked. I only really use it for 4m and 6m these days and as a 432 MHz IF for 13cm and 9cm. I do use it for general coverage receive on SW and VHF/UHF. Some day I'll get it back onto TopBand, which is the only SW band I'm interested in.

The only faults I've had are the notorious on/off switch, the CW key socket coming loose off the board and a 21MHz fault due to a blown band switch diode. I did the high power capacitor mod for 4m while I was fixing that one. I also replaced the hard wired battery with a holder too.

Brian GM4DIJ
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Hi Rob,

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 03:34 AM, Rob wrote:

Any guidance would be appreciated.

HI


"Yes for all"... ;-)

Check here for the pdf FT847 manual

/g/YaesuFT847/files

73

Hi

I've never used the satellite facility on the FT-847.

How does one set it up to work through the FM Repeater on the ISS. Is it possible to save the CTCSS Tone on the uplink?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Regards

Rob G4UJS

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Hello 847’rs

Me too?!!?

Well my post certainly brought a few of you out of the wood work!

I love my 847, I have only recently bought it, mint condition and looking at it I cant believe it was designed over 20 years ago as it looks very modern to my old eyes.

Getting FT8 working was a pain but it works great now thanks to help from this group.

73 de Rob G4UJS

I got mine a couple of years back and the only problem I have is that it needs an alignment. The display is off frequency 50 - 500 hz depending on the band. I've just learned to live with it and keep a notebook to remind me how much it is off on each band. It seems that none of the folks that work on these here in the US are accepting any new work. I just don't have the equipment to do the procedure myself and Yeasu won't do it anymore. (I have an equally old "I" brand that they were happy to do it for their radios.)? I like having buttons and switches over menus to control the rig.?

The big problem is not enought time to use it here lately. Too much work not enough play time....

Carey
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I just got mine a few months ago.

My best friend (now SK) had one and used it for sattelite work.

I would like to use mine with JTDX but am having difficulty with rig control.

Since I bought it, I have used it for repeater work (over 100 miles away) as well as VHF/UHF contests. Works great with amplifiers.

Micky K1XH

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I love my FT-847…. ?I’ve set four AMSAT satellite distance records with it within the last 2 years….. amazing satellite full duplex radio..

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I use mine daily as my primary shack rig.? Mostly 2m FM, but I work all the other bands as well.

My gripes with the rig:? One is that the "Fast" button's action is backwards when using the Band up and down buttons.? I typically have Fast turned on when spinning the dial, hardly ever needing to get down to fine adjustments.? Then when I hit the up or down band buttons, it jumps from HF to VHF, instead of from 80m to 40m.

Also no VOX, but that's only because the operation of CAT with the digital modes is utterly broken.? When the rig is keyed from CAT, the audio comes from the Mike input, not the jacks on the back of the rig.? It seems like they were trying to be "smart" when selecting the audio source depending on where PTT was keyed (which itself is brain damaged when one is using a sound card to drive both HF and Packet modes), but totally ignored that computer-driven modes can use CAT for PTT.? If it had VOX, and if VOX payed attention to the back jacks, that would have simplified a lot of wiring in the shack.

Other than that, a great rig!

Greg? KO6TH

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Sorry, I misunderstood.

My radio has voice, not vox.

At least they were thinking of White Caners.

Douglas

I bought Ft-847 from a gentleman in New Brunswick about 4 years ago. It had a couple of small issues.

AF/RF shaft was bent, found an original on ebay. Memory backup battery was replaced with a coin battery holder and a regular 2032 batt. Also had a small problem with power flickering. Rebuilt the plug from the power supply.

I primarily use for bouncing off the ISS, when they are turned on, HI HI. It came with vox.

Very happy

Douglas Richards VE3FFR?

On 11/2/2021 11:32 AM, Dennis Surek via groups.io wrote:

I am very happy with my 847. Bought it 12 years ago through Ebay. I knew I wanted one after using the 847 that had been gifted to our club, the Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club. What's better than a rig that does everything ? Can't figure out why Yaesu didn't spend another 25 cents and put in VOX. Wished the sub-VFO tuned faster when you need it. Like others here, I was unable to get the audio into the xmit packet output. With the recent discussion here, I should finally be able to get that working. This group is a great resource. 73 fer now de Dennis, VE3XC FN02

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I bought Ft-847 from a gentleman in New Brunswick about 4 years ago. It had a couple of small issues.

AF/RF shaft was bent, found an original on ebay. Memory backup battery was replaced with a coin battery holder and a regular 2032 batt. Also had a small problem with power flickering. Rebuilt the plug from the power supply.

I primarily use for bouncing off the ISS, when they are turned on, HI HI. It came with vox.

Very happy

Douglas Richards VE3FFR?

I am very happy with my 847. Bought it 12 years ago through Ebay. I knew I wanted one after using the 847 that had been gifted to our club, the Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club. What's better than a rig that does everything ? Can't figure out why Yaesu didn't spend another 25 cents and put in VOX. Wished the sub-VFO tuned faster when you need it. Like others here, I was unable to get the audio into the xmit packet output. With the recent discussion here, I should finally be able to get that working. This group is a great resource. 73 fer now de Dennis, VE3XC FN02

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Douglas Richards VE3FFR
ve3ffr@...

I am very happy with my 847. Bought it 12 years ago through Ebay. I knew I wanted one after using the 847 that had been gifted to our club, the Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club. What's better than a rig that does everything ? Can't figure out why Yaesu didn't spend another 25 cents and put in VOX. Wished the sub-VFO tuned faster when you need it. Like others here, I was unable to get the audio into the xmit packet output. With the recent discussion here, I should finally be able to get that working. This group is a great resource. 73 fer now de Dennis, VE3XC FN02

This list has 158 members....and super quiet, I guess 158 people totally happy with their FT-847's

I am

73 de Rob G4UJS

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Yay!!!? Odd that the USB hub would be a factor, but glad you figured it all out.

73, and enjoy the new mode!

Greg? KO6TH