Hi Mark,
I will answer your last question first. It appears
that the FT857 has a 32 color screen (whoopee). Other
than that, I cannot see how it is different from the
FT100D. Oh yeah, I think it has more keyer memories.
Of course, the CW filter, DSP, and TCXO are all extra.
In terms of power settings, Yes, you can store power
settings for each band on the FT100D. Works fine for
me and my amps. yes it is percentage of output, and
really isn't too linear, but set it once with a
wattmeter, and leave it. It also stores AM different
than the other modes, which is nice. I use it for
tuning up on HF and 6. Set the am for 15-20 watts,
and use that to adjust the antenna tuner before fine
tuning in FM. Saves running 100 watts into a bad
mismatch.
Overall the rig works great, and would make a very
nice roving rig. Did use it for Roving in the CQVHF
contest last summer. Results were good considering
the lousy propogation we had.
73s John NE0P
--- "Mark S. Adams, P.E." <msadams@acsu.buffalo.edu>
wrote:
> Gang,
>
> I am workng on improving my upcoming rover and qrp/p
> operations. One thing
> that would be nice to know is which of the
> DC-Daylight multimodes SAVE the
> power level for EACH band like the TS-2000 does. It
> can be set to run at
> 10W on 6, 10W on 2, 10W on 432 and 10W on 1.2G. For
> a qrp/p station this
> is great! The Icom 706 uses a menu to vary the
> power by percentage. This
> would stink for qrp/p since you'd have to set it for
> 10% on 6, 20% on 2 and
> 50% on 432 to get 10W out on each band. Or can you
> SAVE these setting per
> band?
>
> And how about the Yaesu FT100D?
>
> Is the TS2000 the ONLY rig that lets you set power
> by band?
>
> The rigs in question are the IC 746, FT 100D, 847,
> 897, 857 ?? (And when
> will the 800 series madness stop? Does anyone REALLY
> know how the 857 and
> 100D are different?)
>
> This is a non-isssue for a rover, but a challenge to
> a /p station.
>
> TNX es 73,
> Mark K2QO/r or /p
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