FT-817 resources online

There’s a wealth of digested experience on this particular radio online.

ka7oei has a detailed site which has pages devoted to the following topics:

• Repeater coverage analysis using the FT-817 and GPS
• About the RF Power Amplifier 
• The NiCd/NiMH page
• “Customizing” the FT-817 
• FT-817 Correspondence
• The FT-817’s ‘Soft Calibration’ Menu
• The FT-817’s Schematics
• Quirks of the FT-817
• The Receiver 
• VSWR/Reflected power metering on the FT-817
• A Detailed circuit description of the FT-817
• Current Consumption of the FT-817
• Optimizing the power consumption of the FT-817 when using battery power and a switching supply
• Operating the FT-817 from Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) cells
• Operating the FT-817 from other types of cells
• CAT ™ Interface Programming with the FT-817 
• FT-817 Bugs, Manual Errata and Omissions, and Birdies…
• FT-817 Radio modifications

Other FT-817 related sites include:

• OZ9AEC has an FT-817 page
• Yaesu’s own web page about the FT-817
• K6XX’s FT-817 pages 
• The Yahoo FT-817 E-group which also hosts the useful FAQ page
• The “Ham Radio Deluxe” page
• FT-817 FCC Type-Acceptance Documents

One of G4ILO’s ‘Radio topics’ pages is devoted to the FT-817. His document points to 817-Mem, a program to manage memories on the radio.