Yaesu FT-891 Initial settings
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Today on HamRadioComms I just received my Yaesu FT-891 HF/6m transceiver and I go over the settings menu and what to change for ergonomics and safety for initial use of the radio. Every transceiver I ever bought comes with 100W full power on for all bands even 50mhz. This isn't good for initially using the radio when the antenna's you are using might not be resonant or have a problem. I believe it's best to start out with lower power when first getting a radio so I show how to turn down the multiple setting for power since there are separate settings for different modes.
I also go over ease of use and ergonomic settings on the display and buttons, and much more. - Наука та технологія
Thank you for this helpful video. I just got my 891 about a week ago and am trying to get used to getting through the menus and making some adjustments. I've got an MC-750 portable antenna and a Bioenno battery. I plan to get into POTA and this setup will hopefully get me up and running with minimal problems. I also notice that my new radio has newer firmware than what you showed. That's good because I hate doing any kind of software upgrades - ha.
I just learned more about radio operations in a few minutes than I have been able to learn over several years. Never fully understood AM operation on 50m.
Thank you!
Got one couple days ago. Thanks to a fellow near Nashville who told me how to use the menus
Couldnt figure how to raise & lower the power. It was doing 50 watts out of the box.. Love this radio. Right now just mobile in the local parks with a couple Shark hamsticks. Alot of good reports.-Tim N4TCM
This will be my next radio.Great job going through the menu👍
Well done thank you.
I am looking at the FT-891 as my next radio.
Nice job! All good ideas for setting up the radio. I totally agree with lowering the power out until you become familiar with the rig and the antennas you might be using. I love my FT-891 due to it's performance, small portable size, many adjustable features and most of all the very affordable price tag!
can you set A, B or C for quick power settings access?
@@TomSP9TL I never tried to so, I am not sure.
I’m 5 years late to the party but thank you , great settings
Thank you! The radio is still being made so I guess the video will still help people figure it out.. I'm glad radio operators are finding it!
I ordered an FT-891 yesterday and an LDG Z100 Plus today. Setting up the menus will be the first thing to do. I plan to operate portable SSB and data (PSK 31 and newer modes). Thanks for the info.
Congrats on getting an FT-891 and the tuner.. ! I'm sure you're going to enjoy the setup. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
Just bought an 891 for my Audi SUV. Your video will save me so much time in setting up... Thank you.... VK6RB
careful with the electronics of the car, there might be RFi, that can be very dangerous in a car, there are lists for these newer cars how much HF they may be exposed to and to some cars its not even 100watt.
I think it takes 3 months of regular use to become totally familiar with the menu without going back to the manual....Thanks for a great vid.!!! It was a nice throwback to the past finding a fellow AM dx'er!!!! Nice touch and I would do the same thing!!!! I live the center of NYS so I get all of the clear channel AM stations with no problem, but West of the Mississippi is a challenge. My greatest catch was Radio Reloj out of South America when the station in Atlanta, GA went down and itd allowed Columbia to come in...that was 15 years ago or so.
Thank you! I like hearing the AM stations coming in, you never know what you'll hear... nice catch having your radio on when that S American station came in! I used to drive long distances at night coming home from work, and I'd try out AM on the radio and would be surprised of the long distances heard in the truck on the small antenna.
That’s a great basics video! Thank you. I find this radio much more confusing than my ft 991a. The menus are a little unclear. But I like it’s ease of portability. The battery, radio, auto tuner and accessories fit into 2 pelican cases plus my Wolf River Coils antenna and I’m set for POTA. MikeinMinnesota N0WDM
Thank you! You're right, the menus are a little querky, and it's still difficult to get to the power setting.. but no other radio can touch it for power, size/portability and super quiet receiver.
Excellent stuff! Thanks
Watched this on August 18 2022. Really well done! thanks
Sorry for the late reply... Thank you! I appreciate the comment and that you found the video useful.
This is going to be my next radio ... very good intro video 👍
Thanks / 73
Thank you! Excellent radio for the size and money. It has one of the best noise reduction circuits I’ve ever heard on a radio.
Great video!
Very helpful and well done. Thanks!
Thank you! I'm glad you found it useful. It's a fantastic radio.
That's was very helpful, Thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment
Hey. This video was very helpful when I first setup my 891. Thank you! As I watch again, I notice that your video has no flicker on it at all. I see flicker of this display when I record videos of my 891. Do you recall your shutter or frame rate settings when you record shots like this one? Thanks again! Scott, KE4WMF.
Hi Scott, you're welcome! I looked up this video and it was recorded with my iphone 7. It was recorded at 1080P at 30FPS. Hope this helps.
73,
Ed N1UHF
I definitely turned on the "Peak Hold" so there is a dit after a signal goes away, I set mine for 2 seconds...
I got a 891 and really like it, took a while to understand all those menu options, but it is a lot of radio for the $
Great video! Have you adjusted the EQ settings yet? If so any chance you can enlighten us?
Well done.....KI4TOL
Very nice tutorial! TNX!
WA2GVA
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much! I bought one of these a few months ago; what I want to know is how to you change the view where it shows PO for power out to showing your SWR? I am having problems finding that in my owners manual. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and God bless! Mark G. W5HSJ
Hi Mark. I was looking for that myself and found it under Function - 2. From there you can change the meter from PO to SWR. It's been a year since you ask the question so probably you already figured it out but posting it here for anyone who may have the same question. 73 and God bless! Abner G. KD2VEC
@@GuzmanAbner thanks for posting! purchased one of these and i needed to know that! 73!
I haven't gone through the menu in detail. But do you have provision to select LCD display colour and baground.
Unfortunately there are no color options on this model.
GREAT VIDEO, how do you get the swr meter to be on the front screen right now it shows po ? i would like to put the swr in its place
Chose MTR on the Function 2 screen and use the multi knob to select what meter function you want.
@@kd7jz, thank you Tim for showing us this! I asked the same thing about 1 min ago...... Whoops, sorry ya'll...... Mark W5HSJ
@@W5HSJ I like the radio for the most part but I become more unhappy with the documentation each time I try to figure something out.. GL es 73
Quality information... This will make programming my 891 much smoother. Thanks!
8:37 Set the contour level (menu point 12-02) to +10
the DNR works ok but attenuates the higher tones a bit, the audio sounds then a bit muffled. the contour filter set to +10 amplifies the higher tones a bit and compensates the attenuation of the higher tones, the audio sounds then so much clearer & better.
The contour frequency is best around 2600Hz.
The yaesu ftdx1200 has a way when pushing two of the buttons lower left side from the VFO knob, then the thw SSB TX bandwith can be set to "TTBF", that is an almost whole 4KHz bandwidth, from 50Hz till 4000Hz. the 100-3000Hz SSB TX bandwith in the 891 is good too but 4KHz make a great difference in that matter for a very good audioquality. how about a large diaphragm condenser studio mic for the 891 ? i wonder how the 891 would sound then.
Yeah, great idea to splatter around and ruining other people's QSO.
Especially when operating QRP I really love this special kind of hams.
Using 4 or 5 kHz bandwidth to pose with your studio mic and 'broadcast like audio' is nothing but ignorant.
You really can ruin someone's day this way.
2.7 kHz is the way to go!
Question to go true qrp say 10-15 watts do you drop both HF SSB PWR and HF POWER to 10-15w or just SSB POWER? That’s confusing with me.
Hi.. you just need to drop the HF SSB PWR to the lower power. The HF Power is for all the other HF modes power settings.
have they fixed the switching from USB and LSB issue? can you easily switch from USB to LSB on any band now or do you have to do weird menu work around stuff?
You go into menu 11-07 and switch the 'BFO' setting from 'AUTO' to either 'LSB' or 'USB'. So, in a nutshell, they didn't fix it. There should have been a 'USB' and 'LSB' option in the selection screen that pops up when 'BAND' is long-pressed. Also, the error that mislabels the QMB button as the MODE button in the User Manial is unforgiveable. Yeasu, you can do better.
To get into menu mode, hold down the F key for a second or two.
Made a few short transmissions on 20 meters voice with around a 3:1 swr on the built in swr meter... Had the output at 25-35 watts, think this could have damaged it?
Hi… no you’re fine. Most Yaesu radios including this one starts reducing the power output when the SWR goes above 1.5 . And you were using reduced power, and the swr was t infinite so that was good. Once you get a tuner for it or a more resonant antenna you’ll be all set.
@@hamradiocomms Thank you, good to know! I have a mfj 939y, just waiting on the coax jumper with the pl259 connectors to arrive.
@@rossjones7014 Great choice of tuners, those auto MFJ tuners have wide range and super fast to tune.
Does the 891, with an auto tuner connected, reduce power automatically during tune up?
Yes, with a compatible tuner, the tuner is responsible for controlling the FT-891 by switching modes and lowering the power. So the FT-891 is able to be controlled by the tuner no problem. I’ve used MFJ and LDG to control all my radios auto tuning:
@@hamradiocomms I just got a new 891 to replace my TS50 in my truck. I got the MAT30 tuner coming as well.
Our FT891 has the menu optio in different orders and different "chapters and pages". It is confusing trying to set up a new FT891 when this video and the menu do not correlate
Hmm. that's weird.. everyone else's is the same that has commented here.. does yours match the chapter and page list in the manual? Was it modified in anyway?
maybe you ft891 is a chinese made clone?
maybe you have a different firmware version, those need to update once in a while.
How resilient are the finals on this rig?
So many of these FT-891 radios have been sold since they came out and I haven’t heard a single report of any issues with finals failing, and these arentaken out in the field all the time with compromise antennas so I’d say no issues with finals.
Hi will this radio do 11 meters straight from the box or does it have to be modified please
Hello, no transmit out of the box on 11m, only receive. Thanks for the question and for watching.
It's a shame they never updated the firmware to fix the well known quirks. Great radio, though.
My DSP version says 2-04
Very nice tutorial! Thank you 73 de TA3KW
Hi and Thank you for the comment and for watching!
73 de Ed N1UHF
Why wouldn’t you check the SWR on AM or Ritty. No need to lower SSB to 45 watts. Do the checking on AM/Ritty then go back and talk on SSB. 73 de N2LRB.
Thanks for the question. I'm not sure what you are referring to in the video about checking SWR. I always use RTTY on manual tuners to tune an antenna after lowering the output to about 20W, Otherwise I always use automatic tuners and they change to RTTY and lower the power automatically, I never would use SSB to tune though setting the auto tuner to tune on Keying it tunes using SSB on the fly while you're talking,
You might have misunderstood what I was saying about safety. These are initial settings,, I turn down the power on all modes until I have the new radio installed in the vehicle, go box or shack. When the antenna is working properly and all is good that's when I turn the power where I want it so as not to blow the finals.
I hope this answers your question!
@@hamradiocomms Ok. Good to know and thanks for getting back to me. 73 de N2LRB
Way, way, way, way, way too many menu and sub menu settings............Why can't we have a real radio'
They sell "real" radios without many menus and more buttons but it wouldn't be small enough to carry for portable. Take a look at the MFJ-9400 series , these are awesome old school radios with just a few buttons and knobs,no microcircuits etc.. as far as menus, since this radio has lots of capabilities as far as DSP, Digital, diff power out setting for diff modes, that older radios don't have the menus will be there. The good news is there are plenty of old school radios out there.
I have videos on this channel of my MFJ-9420 making contacts.
This is a radio I am currently looking into for exactly the reasons you stated above. I also do not want all the fancy LED/touch pad microcircuits etc. Sometimes simpler is better. I am new to the hobby and got into this hobby to stay away from my computer, or high tech tools. Simple old school techniques and equipment is fine for my taste. Wish tubes and crystals were still popular, or readily available, as those were even simpler times 😉