Yaesu FT-891 Review: A Sleeper of a Deal - QRZ Forums The FT-891 has NO internal tuner, and also doesn't give you much choice for an automatic tuner (yet) This is something to consider, given that the FT-450D does offer a basic antenna matching (tuner) device The FT-891 is a newer rig, and it will likely take time for companies such as LDG to come out with a dedicated 3rd-party tuner
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Yaesu FT-891 Review: A Sleeper of a Deal | Page 4 | QRZ Forums The FT-891 review quotes -116 dBc Hz as the measured phase noise at 10 kHz offset -116 + 140 = 24 dB or a 4 S-unit increase Therefore, if you are transmitting and your spectral neighbor is 10 kHz away and within 1 mile of you, he she will see a 4 S-unit increase in noise every time you key up
Ham Radio 2. 0: Episode 67 - Yaesu FT-891 Review | QRZ Forums Okay, so the ft-891 current drain is roughly double the ft-857D So I wonder how much that is affected by the display backlight setting and whether the ft-891 is readable in the daytime outdoors with the backlight off (if the screen in angled correctly in regards to the sun) I think most TFT screens are daylight readable without the backlight
WSJT-X FT8 Yaesu FT-891 Data CAT Conttol tutorial Im wondering why cat control won't put the radio on Upper sideband when you switch to 40 meters or lower? I dont like using data mode on the 891 it sounds very narrow and doesnt work well This radio makes no sense Any other radio will change from lsb to usb when wsjt-x tells it to Maybe there's a way? This radio has some pretty awful menu
Yaesu FT-891 Initial Impressions from an Outdoor Ham Radio Operator The 891 works very well to eliminate man made noise, arguably even better adjustments in the DSP than the 7300 - but the result is still hit or miss in terms of improved copy - It is good for a mobile environment when your antenna is most likely picking up noise from the noisy (ford) fuel pump in the car ahead of you on the road
Yaesu FT-891 Repeater Programming - QRZ Forums I imagine the FT-891 has improve RX Also, the FT-450D includes a built-in tuner Because of my compromised antenna system in my small suburban lot, and lousy band conditions I mainly work digital modes like PSK31 and JT65
Yaesu FT-891 Review: A Sleeper of a Deal | Page 2 | QRZ Forums Some of the 891's lab-measured values were worse than for the 950 (e g, 2k blocking gain compression on 80m) 2k RM dynamic range was the same 2k RM dynamic range was the same That's not really a substantial improvement in receiver performance
WSJT-X FT8 Yaesu FT-891 Data CAT Conttol tutorial Many of you have asked for a Yaesu FT-891 tutorial for the digital mode settings with software such as WSJT-X In this video we go through setting up the Yaesu FT-891 digi mode settings, configuring the audio interface to work with the 891, and configuring the rigs CAT Control settings to work seamlessly with WSJT-X My Configuration in the video
Yaesu FT-891 Review: A Sleeper of a Deal | Page 6 - QRZ Forums I do not want to offend Long looked at FT-891 and chose FT-991 Accumulator consumption at FT-891 catastrophic for field conditions!!! And if you deliver big batteries, by means of the car, it is simpler to use FT-991 Radio FT-891 interesting, but power consumption very big There is no mobility, and its compactness does not become necessary