I just got the 8 1 8 thank you for sharing that tuner I need to order one thank you very much for demonstrating and showing us how to set that little tuner up very valuable information thank you very much your best friend from Atlanta Georgia I'm subscribing to your Channel
LDG Z817 Autotuner interesting video lots of good info for learning thankyou so much for your time in bring quality content to the rest or us on youtube.
Great camera work and excelent audio sir. This LDG looks like a nice little tuner. I might consider it for my FT-818. Thanks for the demonstration video. 73
Hi Dennis, thanks for this video, my wife did her Foundation licence, so I got her an FT 818 and one of these tuners. We plan to do some trips in the Summer with it. 73 take care 2M0ILA and MM7TPP
Great video, I love it, it is well explained. This tuner does a great job, I tried it with an open wire line 450 ohms to an very long inverted vee,and I was able to use all bands from 160 up to 6 meters, with swr 1 to 1 , except it never worked on 30 meters. I investigate with numerous tests, and it was because my 42 feet 450 ohms line was interfering because it resonnate on 30 meters, So I added a couple of feet of line with a joint, and Bingo 30 meters was loading flawlessly. and the fact the added piece of 450 ohms did nmot interfere all the other bands. It is a real keeper, Thanks again for the nice demo. 72/73 Mike VE2TH THE QRP''ER FOR 60 YEARS now !!!
Thank you for making this video, I like how you show us how to set up the tuner and what adjustment we need to make to the radio. Simple instructions. Pls keep making more videos like this one...73's
nice i have a similar set up with a a tripod and a painters pull with a homemade mount that will hold a MFJ Hamstick and a UHF antenna pics on my QRZ kd2goe
Hi Denis. Great sounding station there. And WOW, the station on the other end sounds amazing. He must be running a good station there to be able to hear you with the low power. LoL Your portable setup sounded great. I see in the comments below that you were actually running on the low power output setting. Less than 1 watt, so they say. Cheers and 73 from Bob VY2NX in Prince Edward Island.
Great video- but it would have been nice had you provided links to all your equipment such as tripod, whip extension, etc. your video is not only educational but it gets a ham radio individual interested in replicating your setup. Hard to do that when the information is not readily available. Great video though.
In regards to the finals, it's suggested that you turn the power down to minimum or at least mid power, when using the auto tuner with the FT-817. I've also heard that the tuner does it automatically ? Manual tuners are safer for the 817's finals.
I recently picked up the LDG IT-100 for my portable setup. Seems to work well. I've used the telescopic vertical for a few years, MFJ-2286 with tapped coil. Mounted at ground level with only eight radials it does a surprisingly good job, even on 40 and 60m, no tuner. Good job Denis. Keep having fun!
Yet another excellent review video. Question...does the tuner get power from the radio or does it have internal batteries? If it gets power from the radio do you know the consumption? It will only take power during the tune function but if you are on a battery for the weekend......
Hi Barry, I did forget to mention that in the video. The tuner has 4 AA batteries inside, LDG says that they will last about 1 year in regular usage. 73 Denis
Nice demo with the QRP TxRx and tuner. I am surprised that your telescopic mast plus the earthing to the truck gives you the necessary grounding for a match. Well done though. 73 de John - G0WXU.
i bought one of those stands from a music web site. now they will not leave me alone, trying to get me to buy music stuff. great stand modded it to hold more weight on the bottom. just in-case a wind wants to blow it over.
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the purpose of the den plug wire? I have the tuner but no wire connection like yours. Can you purchase the wire separately? Thank you for your kindness and patience. N4KBM
I know that your screen is not flashing HISWR but how do you know that it is a 1:1 match , you do not have the SWR meter feature in the menu enabled ? thanks , nice video ..
SWR displayed as "SWR" with bars lower left of the display while the tuner was tuning. When the tuner went green the match was done and the SWR display went away. If it ended up higher than 1:1 it would have still showed a bar or so.
In the video you state that you are operating at 5W, but the FT-817 power icon wasn't blinking, so I think you were really running at the next lowest power setting (2W?). Does that sound right? Thanks for this.
I also have an FT-817. When the supply voltage drops below 12Vdc, the transceiver automatically reduces power to 2.5w. That is what the "L" on the display means. It's a way of extending battery life.
Id rather stick with manual tuners. You will blow your finals someday, you can clearly see that during the tuning phase the SWR peaks out to the max on the input of the station.. Thats not good.
For the price to features ratio, it's one of the best QRP money can buy.
I just got the 8 1 8 thank you for sharing that tuner I need to order one thank you very much for demonstrating and showing us how to set that little tuner up very valuable information thank you very much your best friend from Atlanta Georgia I'm subscribing to your Channel
Older video, but still actual.
Hope you still continue with thus setup.
Wishing you good contacts.
Best,
Matthias 👋
DL1NDG
Great video... just got a 818nd for Christmas, the tuner will be next, hopefully long before next Christmas...😁
LDG Z817 Autotuner interesting video lots of good info for learning thankyou so much for your time in bring quality content to the rest or us on youtube.
Great camera work and excelent audio sir. This LDG looks like a nice little tuner. I might consider it for my FT-818. Thanks for the demonstration video. 73
Nice video thanks. Learning as I go. Going from a base station of boat anchors to an Icom 705 and portable gear.
Hi Dennis, thanks for this video, my wife did her Foundation licence, so I got her an FT 818 and one of these tuners. We plan to do some trips in the Summer with it.
73 take care 2M0ILA and MM7TPP
Great video, I love it, it is well explained. This tuner does a great job, I tried it with an open wire line 450 ohms
to an very long inverted vee,and I was able to use all bands from 160 up to 6 meters, with swr 1 to 1 , except it never worked on 30 meters.
I investigate with numerous tests, and it was because my 42 feet 450 ohms line was interfering because it resonnate
on 30 meters, So I added a couple of feet of line with a joint, and Bingo 30 meters was loading flawlessly. and the fact
the added piece of 450 ohms did nmot interfere all the other bands.
It is a real keeper, Thanks again for the nice demo.
72/73 Mike VE2TH
THE QRP''ER FOR 60 YEARS now !!!
👍 nice video and good info on the MFJ antenna and the LDG tuner
Very nice video and great review of the ft-817 radio. 73 from VK5FSJA Bill from Adelaide, South Australia.
Great setup:)
Thank you for making this video, I like how you show us how to set up the tuner and what adjustment we need to make to the radio. Simple instructions. Pls keep making more videos like this one...73's
Thank you for this very interesting and informatic video!
73 from the Baltic Sea DK7WS Peter
Thank you for that. Very interesting indeed.👍
Actually your TX power was only 2.5 Watts by what I see on display. My first contact with Hawaii was with the ft817nd on 2.5w from Ct USA. 73 n1rv
…………very nice Job ,sir. Ihave the Same Equipment ,and I am happy now thank you from Hamburg G
Very cool ..... always like that 817
They make a good little radio and it’s amazing what they can do
Tyson VE7TYE
Vancouver BC
Great video thanks for posting 👍
nice i have a similar set up with a a tripod and a painters pull with a homemade mount that will hold a MFJ Hamstick and a UHF antenna
pics on my QRZ kd2goe
Very well done!
Hi Denis. Great sounding station there. And WOW, the station on the other end sounds amazing. He must be running a good station there to be able to hear you with the low power. LoL Your portable setup sounded great. I see in the comments below that you were actually running on the low power output setting. Less than 1 watt, so they say. Cheers and 73 from Bob VY2NX in Prince Edward Island.
Howdy Bob
Thank you. Great video
Excellent video, informative, and very well done. Tnx, WB4TJH
Great video- but it would have been nice had you provided links to all your equipment such as tripod, whip extension, etc. your video is not only educational but it gets a ham radio individual interested in replicating your setup. Hard to do that when the information is not readily available. Great video though.
In regards to the finals, it's suggested that you turn the power down to minimum or at least mid power, when using the auto tuner with the FT-817. I've also heard that the tuner does it automatically ? Manual tuners are safer for the 817's finals.
I recently picked up the LDG IT-100 for my portable setup. Seems to work well.
I've used the telescopic vertical for a few years, MFJ-2286 with tapped coil. Mounted at ground level with only eight radials it does a surprisingly good job, even on 40 and 60m, no tuner.
Good job Denis. Keep having fun!
Thanks Ken
Parabéns pela estação uma antena ótima e um radio excelente
Wow. 10 meter open? Wish it would come back soon.
Great video 73 from VE3BDE
Yet another excellent review video. Question...does the tuner get power from the radio or does it have internal batteries? If it gets power from the radio do you know the consumption? It will only take power during the tune function but if you are on a battery for the weekend......
Hi Barry, I did forget to mention that in the video. The tuner has 4 AA batteries inside, LDG says that they will last about 1 year in regular usage. 73 Denis
Excellent review! 73 KG5SDE
Nice demo with the QRP TxRx and tuner. I am surprised that your telescopic mast plus the earthing to the truck gives you the necessary grounding for a match. Well done though. 73 de John - G0WXU.
i bought one of those stands from a music web site. now they will not leave me alone, trying to get me to buy music stuff. great stand modded it to hold more weight on the bottom. just in-case a wind wants to blow it over.
I thought this radio puts out 2.5 watts on internal battery power?
you should have pushed it.. try tuning for 80 and even 160.. just to see.
This autotuner works only with FT817ND?
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the purpose of the den plug wire? I have the tuner but no wire connection like yours. Can you purchase the wire separately? Thank you for your kindness and patience.
N4KBM
Very good again. Am I mistaking or you are daisy chaining your ground wire? VA2SOB Claude
In most portable set ups yes it is daisy chained not the best but better than none.
I know that your screen is not flashing HISWR but how do you know that it is a 1:1 match , you do not have the SWR meter feature in the menu enabled ? thanks , nice video ..
SWR displayed as "SWR" with bars lower left of the display while the tuner was tuning. When the tuner went green the match was done and the SWR display went away. If it ended up higher than 1:1 it would have still showed a bar or so.
In the video you state that you are operating at 5W, but the FT-817 power icon wasn't blinking, so I think you were really running at the next lowest power setting (2W?). Does that sound right? Thanks for this.
Can you use it on a ft818nd
The name of the antenna please.. 73 de SV1PHH.
Looks to me as though you're putting out 2½W not 5? Nice video - I'm hoping Santa brings me a Z817 👍 Any idea how lossy it is?
L III on the display is less than 1 watt I believe... Not sure if the operator is aware he is lowest power possible.
I also have an FT-817. When the supply voltage drops below 12Vdc, the transceiver automatically reduces power to 2.5w. That is what the "L" on the display means. It's a way of extending battery life.
i have the ft-818nd and the auto tuner great video. 73s vk4fhea
Zero SWR ? You meant 1:1 ?
yeah i am sure chill out
Why the low power??
What do you expect from a 817. 1-2 Kilowatts ?. Come on use your grey matter.
John Cliff or you can be an asshole. That works too.
Id rather stick with manual tuners. You will blow your finals someday, you can clearly see that during the tuning phase the SWR peaks out to the max on the input of the station.. Thats not good.
nah, ive used auto tuners for years.. never blown a final.
Chugg every time he says "pop." You'll be sloshed 1/2 way through.