![]() Another watt would be nice and the built in NiMh pack would be great for some VHF contacts sitting on top of car park when wife is out shopping. Honestly I’m a bit scared of buying second hand 817’s as some have been mucked around with, hacked and had the finals blown and repaired by an idiot BUT the 818 is nearly 2x the investment. Now it was buy this or a new phone and the new phone isn’t half as interesting so got to ask the question. But no more! Sudden cash windfall.Įrgo I’m looking at grabbing an 817/818 and leave the 450 at home where it belongs. But it’s what I’ve got and I live with it. I’m hauling I think 10kg including antenna for 2 hours of contacts which is stupid. Ran it on a 7Ah SLA 2 hour’s ops at mainly 5W QRP CW. I nearly died dragging my only working rig, an FT-450D out portable backpack a couple of weeks back. ![]()
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