Yaesu's popular FT-857 and FT-897 transceivers are wonders of
compact efficiency. These do-anything, go-anywhere transceivers were
science fiction just a few years ago, but ham's today are using them
in shacks, mobiles and on dxpeditions from the back yard to the top
of the world.
About the only problem with these radios is that us hams who are old
enough to remember when stuff like this really was science fiction
are also old enough to wish that the display was just little bit
bigger. As we grow in wisdom and experience, we also grow to depend
on bifocals; those tiny little screens are just plain hard to read!
Add to that a strong desire to see a real live meter needle bouncing
on voice peaks, and you find yourself wishing Yaesu had thought all
this through when they designed the radio.
Well, in fact they did. A little known feature of these radios,
noticed only by compulsive manual readers, is a meter jack on the
bottom of the front panel. You have to figure that Yaesu knew they
needed a bigger display all along, but just left it as an exercise
for the user. Well, help is here! The LDG FT-Meter is a low-cost,
plug-and-play solution to all your FT metering needs.
The FT-Meter presents a lush, highly readable 2.5" meter face with
calibrated scales for signal strength and discriminator reading on
receive, and power output, SWR, modulation, ALC action and supply
voltage on transmit. Each function is s electable from the radio's
menu. Easily visible from anywhere on your desk or dash, the
FT-Meter is illuminated by any external 12 vdc source. The FT-Meter
comes fully assembled and ready to go; just plug it into the radio
and you're in the picture like never before. Order yours today
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| Specifications |
 | Receive: S-Meter, Discriminator or Voltage
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| Transmit: RF Power, SWR, Modulation, ALC or Voltage |
| Size: 3.5 x 3 x 2 inches
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| Cable length 2.5 feet
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| Sensitive 500 uA meter movement |
| Externally powered meter lamp
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| Lamp is 12 volts, 100 mA |
| Weight: 0.5 lb. |
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