Re: HNY25

 

Happy Holidays and healthy 2025 to you too Petr.

74,
--Hank
KB4MTO/TA5ZC


On December 27, 2024 6:13:19 AM EST, "Petr Ourednik via groups.io" <indians@...> wrote:
Dears,
 
I wish to all of you Happy Holidays and healthy year 2025!

73 de Petr OK1RP
--Hank Lambert
KB4MTO / TA5ZC


Re: HNY25

 

And right back at you Petr and stay safe and well.
 
73 Troy
ke4ska


HNY25

 

Dears,
 
I wish to all of you Happy Holidays and healthy year 2025!

73 de Petr OK1RP


Re: blinking display on power up

 

Time-out Timer

Menu 84.

73,
Kent
K9ZTV


On 12/17/2024 9:36 AM, Anne Ranch via groups.io wrote:

I realize this is an old post , but...
Here is my version of the problem:
1. power on button shows RED
2. display flashes "TOT"
3. pressing power button  clears everything
4. pressing power button resumes normal opertion
5. display  reads  13.6V  += .1 V
 
Suspect - lousy / lossy power connector - not surprising.
 
Main question
what the heck is flashing "TOT" telling ?

Virus-free.www.avg.com


Re: blinking display on power up

 

Maybe your MENU 084 is not at OFF but as a value ?

Le 17/12/2024 à 16:36, Anne Ranch via groups.io a écrit :

Main question
what the heck is flashing "TOT" telling


Re: blinking display on power up

 

I realize this is an old post , but...
Here is my version of the problem:
1. power on button shows RED
2. display flashes "TOT"
3. pressing power button  clears everything
4. pressing power button resumes normal opertion
5. display  reads  13.6V  += .1 V
 
Suspect - lousy / lossy power connector - not surprising.
 
Main question
what the heck is flashing "TOT" telling ?


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

Check this article..
 
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/11/its-remotely-ham-radio/


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

Bart,

I connect to the radio with a USB dongle made doe the Yeasu Radios. It works with my laptop. When I connected it to my Android phone via an OTB cable he com port is detected but I cannot control with the pRXTX free version. HAs anyone controlled their Yaeus Ft-817, 818, 857 or 897 with the free version?

Mike N2MS

On 12/11/2024 1:00 PM EST Bart Kindt via groups.io <bk@...> wrote:


On 12/12/2024 05:52, Mike N2MS via groups.io wrote:
I downloaded pRXTX free and installed in my Samsung Phone. I tested with
my FT-817. The app comes up and detected the CAT com port but I cannot
control the radio..
How do you connect to the radio?

Bart ZL4FOX



Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

On 12/12/2024 05:52, Mike N2MS via groups.io wrote:
I downloaded pRXTX free and installed in my Samsung Phone. I tested with my FT-817. The app comes up and detected the CAT com port but I cannot control the radio..
How do you connect to the radio?

Bart ZL4FOX


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

I downloaded pRXTX free and installed in my Samsung Phone. I tested with my FT-817. The app comes up and detected the CAT com port but I cannot control the radio.. Does the free version control the radio? CAT port works with FTBasic.
 
I'd test with my FT-857 but it is in my portable field bag downstairs :-)
 
Mike N2MS
 
 


Re: Yaesu FT-857 and 897 remote operation?

 


"Can ordinary STP CAT-6a cable be just plugged in to the RJ-45 jack?"

Yes, as long as it is wired straight thru, 

Ron, K2RJ 

Tab® S9


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

I use Chrome Remote Desktop for my TS480 remote operation... Works great and free.
 
Ron, K2RJ 


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

Rigpi is another option.
Martyn 
M0TEB 


Re: Yaesu FT-857 and 897 remote operation?

 

Can ordinary STP CAT-6a cable be just plugged in to the RJ-45 jack?

/s/ Richard
_________


On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 9:50 AM Tom Horne via groups.io <hornetd=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
There is an undocumented control pathway for the FT-857 and FT-897. The
radio can be controlled by command signals received through the
microphone jack once the menu 59 setting for the microphone is set to
CAT.  This may be useful to people devising mobile control settings for
the FT-857. There are several schemes posted on line for making use of
the microphone jack in a variety of ways to receive serial commands to
control various functions of the radio.

Tom Horne






Re: Yaesu FT-857 and 897 remote operation?

 

There is an undocumented control pathway for the FT-857 and FT-897. The radio can be controlled by command signals received through the microphone jack once the menu 59 setting for the microphone is set to CAT.  This may be useful to people devising mobile control settings for the FT-857. There are several schemes posted on line for making use of the microphone jack in a variety of ways to receive serial commands to control various functions of the radio.

Tom Horne


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

Look in to a device called a remoterig.
 
 
Its a set of 2 boxes, one goes at the radio and one goes at the remote site with the head unit, mic, speaker etc and the boxes handle the rest.
 
They are spendy but worth it. I travel for a living, and have this setup for my ts2000 and it works great.


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

How does one download FTBCAT? I found it on a site, but everything I clicked that said DOWNLOAD would download something else, not FTBCAT. I hate it when people do that.

Zack W9SZ

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 8:54 AM Jeff Steinkamp via groups.io <jksteinkamp=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
Yes, it can be done.  First you will need a computer at you sons house that is connected to the 857 via the CAT interface so you can control the radios functions. I have a nifty CAT program called FTBCAT that works great with the 857

Your computer at you residence is connected to the remote computer via any of the remote desktop application out there.  RealVNC Viewer is one such application.  OneMachine is another.

To get the audio back and forth between machines will require an audio server that you can connect to.  There are a number of those out there, some are free and others are commercial ones that require you to purchase.  Ideally you would want one that supports PTT signals, however, with whatever CAT softare you are running to control the radio, usually will have a button that will activate teh PTT.

Jeff K. Steinkamp (N7YG)
Tucson, AZ
Scud Missile Coordinates
N32.2319 W110.8477


------ Original Message ------
From "Joe W4HH NAQCC #3938 via groups.io" <lecontejoe@...>
Date 12/9/2024 21:57:36
Subject [FT-857] FT857 remote operation?

Is there a plug-and-play method, system, or device available for the FT857?
 
I'm moving from a home we built 17 years ago on a rural 5 acre plot into an apartment in a small city.
 
My son lives 10 miles away on 10 acres.  We have measured a couple of locations for trap 80-10 or 80-40-20 dipoles.
 
I want to put my FT 857 in his workshop, connected through a remote device to his wifi and then connected to my end through the Internet so I sit in the apartment and operate the FT857.
 
At my age, I'm just not into spending days tweaking this and that and the other . . . just looking for a simple plug-and-play interface . . . fi such a thing exists.
 
Thanks.
 
 


Virus-free.www.avg.com


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

Yes, it can be done.  First you will need a computer at you sons house that is connected to the 857 via the CAT interface so you can control the radios functions. I have a nifty CAT program called FTBCAT that works great with the 857

Your computer at you residence is connected to the remote computer via any of the remote desktop application out there.  RealVNC Viewer is one such application.  OneMachine is another.

To get the audio back and forth between machines will require an audio server that you can connect to.  There are a number of those out there, some are free and others are commercial ones that require you to purchase.  Ideally you would want one that supports PTT signals, however, with whatever CAT softare you are running to control the radio, usually will have a button that will activate teh PTT.

Jeff K. Steinkamp (N7YG)
Tucson, AZ
Scud Missile Coordinates
N32.2319 W110.8477


------ Original Message ------
From "Joe W4HH NAQCC #3938 via groups.io" <lecontejoe@...>
Date 12/9/2024 21:57:36
Subject [FT-857] FT857 remote operation?

Is there a plug-and-play method, system, or device available for the FT857?
 
I'm moving from a home we built 17 years ago on a rural 5 acre plot into an apartment in a small city.
 
My son lives 10 miles away on 10 acres.  We have measured a couple of locations for trap 80-10 or 80-40-20 dipoles.
 
I want to put my FT 857 in his workshop, connected through a remote device to his wifi and then connected to my end through the Internet so I sit in the apartment and operate the FT857.
 
At my age, I'm just not into spending days tweaking this and that and the other . . . just looking for a simple plug-and-play interface . . . fi such a thing exists.
 
Thanks.
 
 


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

Check android app called pRXTX..free version and paid version...( paid version about $2-$5
That with a cheap Bluetooth dongle ( aprox $15-20 on ebay) will work on any Android device...works with MANY models and makes of radios....including ft-816 818,897 857..AND ft-991a. Look for a video on you tube

Dave


-------- Original message --------
From: "vironpayne via groups.io" <vironpayne@...>
Date: 12/10/24 2:04 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: FT-857@groups.io
Subject: Re: [FT-857] FT857 remote operation?

I am not aware of any plug and play devices for a Yeasu FT-857D. It can be done, but it would take a more sauvée technical person to pull it off.


On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 2:03, Joe  W4HH  NAQCC #3938 via groups.io
<lecontejoe@...> wrote:
Is there a plug-and-play method, system, or device available for the FT857?
 
I'm moving from a home we built 17 years ago on a rural 5 acre plot into an apartment in a small city.
 
My son lives 10 miles away on 10 acres.  We have measured a couple of locations for trap 80-10 or 80-40-20 dipoles.
 
I want to put my FT 857 in his workshop, connected through a remote device to his wifi and then connected to my end through the Internet so I sit in the apartment and operate the FT857.
 
At my age, I'm just not into spending days tweaking this and that and the other . . . just looking for a simple plug-and-play interface . . . fi such a thing exists.
 
Thanks.
 
 


Re: FT857 remote operation?

 

I am not aware of any plug and play devices for a Yeasu FT-857D. It can be done, but it would take a more sauvée technical person to pull it off.


On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 2:03, Joe  W4HH  NAQCC #3938 via groups.io
<lecontejoe@...> wrote:
Is there a plug-and-play method, system, or device available for the FT857?
 
I'm moving from a home we built 17 years ago on a rural 5 acre plot into an apartment in a small city.
 
My son lives 10 miles away on 10 acres.  We have measured a couple of locations for trap 80-10 or 80-40-20 dipoles.
 
I want to put my FT 857 in his workshop, connected through a remote device to his wifi and then connected to my end through the Internet so I sit in the apartment and operate the FT857.
 
At my age, I'm just not into spending days tweaking this and that and the other . . . just looking for a simple plug-and-play interface . . . fi such a thing exists.
 
Thanks.