Love that radio! Great price for it too! Easy to connect to digital, and really built well. I paid a lot more than $20 for mine, just a little TLC and you'll enjoy your workhouse too!
Good to know. I’ve got a few of these kicking around - I’ll keep that in mind if I need one. This is destined to be a digipeater, so I'm not going to need a mic cable right now.
I remember years ago when both Icom and Yaesu got bad batches of mic cables that eventually looked like the one in your video. The same thing happened to my FT-2800 mic cable. Since I now use it for packet/VARA I don't use the microphone anymore. 73 KD5YOU
I love the FT-1500M (in fact I made a video a few years ago about why!). I have two of them. Done pretty much everything with 'em. Digipeater? Yes. APRS tracker in the car? You bet. FM simplex? Of course. Currently I have one as the TRX of my AllStarLink node. It is just unstoppable!
We need more digipeaters in AL. Good find
Love that radio! Great price for it too! Easy to connect to digital, and really built well. I paid a lot more than $20 for mine, just a little TLC and you'll enjoy your workhouse too!
Well Jim at least you didn’t get the SHAFT 😂👋How you doing today 😎
Hanging in there like a hair on a biscuit!
The FT-1500 is a workhorse! You can't go wrong with that radio, especially for $20! Nice pickup. 73, KF4LMZ
Nice find 👍
Nice need to go to more ham fests
Great find!
Very nice find.
Cool little radio!
Score!👍
You can get replacement cords for the microphone. I didn't find it hard to change mine.
Good to know. I’ve got a few of these kicking around - I’ll keep that in mind if I need one. This is destined to be a digipeater, so I'm not going to need a mic cable right now.
I remember years ago when both Icom and Yaesu got bad batches of mic cables that eventually looked like the one in your video. The same thing happened to my FT-2800 mic cable. Since I now use it for packet/VARA I don't use the microphone anymore. 73 KD5YOU
I thought the mic was toast when we tried it on my dummy load. Glad it all works. You scored some good stuff on that trip.
I don't know that it still isn't sketchy - it looks terrible, but I was able to key up, and I moved it around while testing - it never dropped.
I love the FT-1500M (in fact I made a video a few years ago about why!). I have two of them. Done pretty much everything with 'em. Digipeater? Yes. APRS tracker in the car? You bet. FM simplex? Of course. Currently I have one as the TRX of my AllStarLink node. It is just unstoppable!
Dang, that's a cool idea - I hadn't thought about putting my Allstar node on it. Hmmmm....
@ it works great. It runs 5W all day and just does the job. (And wouldn’t need a VFO knob 😉)
I need to get to a bigger hamfest!
I feel your pain. Montgomery's hamfest is small, and only about 6 hours on one day. I'll be going back to GA next year for sure.
Great find Jim. I got mine for free. Did you get the mounting pieces? That's what the 2 holes in the the radio.
No mounts - just the radio/mic. I'll be putting it on the bench as a digipeater, I'm going to try and 3d print a mount to hook it on the pegboard.
Why get a new knob? You can use it now like when you used to use a pair of pliers to start your car. 😉
Well, duh! I got pliers!
mini-DIN DATA Jack ... for ASFK
Yep - I haven't gotten to this yet, but I think I have the right cable.
Make a great APRS Digi/iGate rig!