YAESU FT 897d Audio Modifications ?

[tuner]

Hello just wondering if anyone has made any changes to your FT 897d like add an eq and a nice studio mic to improve your sound on the various mode. Any info would be great thanks . Below is a link to Heil Sound where he talks about the settings .

https://www.heilsound.com/amateur/support/dsp-settings/all-things-yaesu

 

[sp5it]

http://www.ok1mjo.com/all/ostatni/Yaesu_FT-897/modifikace_DG2IAQ/

 

[BBB]

I picked up a mic adapter cable from the bay that lets me run any Cobra 4 pin wired mic with my 897D. Most of my mics are wired four pin Cobra...Turners, Astatics etc, etc. All leaps and bounds better sounding than the stock Yaesu hand mic.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Pin-ASTAT...410211?hash=item25d11209a3:g:dUAAAOSwNnRYlnSe

 

[rabbiporkchop]

I picked up a mic adapter cable from the bay that lets me run any Cobra 4 pin wired mic with my 897D. Most of my mics are wired four pin Cobra...Turners, Astatics etc, etc. All leaps and bounds better sounding than the stock Yaesu hand mic.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Pin-ASTAT...410211?hash=item25d11209a3:g:dUAAAOSwNnRYlnSe

Have you tried the Palomar SL41 yet?

 

[BBB]

Have you tried the Palomar SL41 yet?

No Sir. Had to look it up. It appears to be a nice noise cancelling mic. I don't use noise cancelling mics in the base station. They just aren't as loud and punchy sounding in that setting IMO. I do have to use a noise cancelling mic in my big truck due to diesel engine noise. However, I hear folks on the air that could benefit from a noise cancelling mic in their base station due to excessive amplifier cooling fan noise, haha.

https://www.palomarelectronics.com/product-page/palomar-sl41

 

[543_Dallas]

What you can do with most rigs is use the data input on the back to connect your rack gear. I recommend that you use an isolation transformer between the rig and audio gear.

You will probably have to change some menu settings to switch the am/ssb audio input from the mic jack to the data plug. It still won't be wide band, maybe 3 to 4k max.

You could use something like a behringer 802 mixing board. It has a mic preamp, 3 band eq and phantom power if you use a condenser mic. That and a cheap karaoke mic like a shure sv100 or maybe a shure sm58 will give you a good sound.

 

[rabbiporkchop]

No Sir. Had to look it up. It appears to be a nice noise cancelling mic. I don't use noise cancelling mics in the base station. They just aren't as loud and punchy sounding in that setting IMO. I do have to use a noise cancelling mic in my big truck due to diesel engine noise. However, I hear folks on the air that could benefit from a noise cancelling mic in their base station due to excessive amplifier cooling fan noise, haha.

https://www.palomarelectronics.com/product-page/palomar-sl41

Here is a cheap $10.00 solution if you are good with a soldering iron..
http://www.w1aex.com/mic/mic.html
Check out this nice audio.
http://www.w1aex.com/mic/v3audio.mp3
http://www.w1aex.com/mic/AEXAM.mp3

 

[tuner]

What you can do with most rigs is use the data input on the back to connect your rack gear. I recommend that you use an isolation transformer between the rig and audio gear.

You will probably have to change some menu settings to switch the am/ssb audio input from the mic jack to the data plug. It still won't be wide band, maybe 3 to 4k max.

You could use something like a behringer 802 mixing board. It has a mic preamp, 3 band eq and phantom power if you use a condenser mic. That and a cheap karaoke mic like a shure sv100 or maybe a shure sm58 will give you a good sound.

Thanks 543 good stuff !

 

[tuner]

Here is a cheap $10.00 solution if you are good with a soldering iron..
http://www.w1aex.com/mic/mic.html
Check out this nice audio.
http://www.w1aex.com/mic/v3audio.mp3
http://www.w1aex.com/mic/AEXAM.mp3

Thanks very much

 

[BBB]

What you can do with most rigs is use the data input on the back to connect your rack gear. I recommend that you use an isolation transformer between the rig and audio gear.

You will probably have to change some menu settings to switch the am/ssb audio input from the mic jack to the data plug. It still won't be wide band, maybe 3 to 4k max.

You could use something like a behringer 802 mixing board. It has a mic preamp, 3 band eq and phantom power if you use a condenser mic. That and a cheap karaoke mic like a shure sv100 or maybe a shure sm58 will give you a good sound.

Yes. I have an 802 board and a sE-X1 mic to try some day when I get the time.

SEX1 mic haha,

https://www.seelectronics.com/se-x1-microphone

 

[tuner]

Well this what I have so far ,
Shure SM 58
Art Tube Preamp
Behringer 7 band EQ
Art SCL2 Compressor
Hoping to get it working fine with a 148GTL
Then Adapt it so I can use it on the FT897D

 

[BBB]

Let us know how that turns out. I have a hunch that if you start running some big power you'll need RF shielded audio cables to prevent feedback. This became all too evident when I first tried the rack audio gear interface awhile ago. Guess I'll have to pony up for some more shielded cables and ferrites since the shack was "upgraded"

 

[543_Dallas]

Balanced xlr cables are usually fine. Keep them and everything else as short as possible. It's always fun working the gremlins out if this stuff.

 

[BBB]

When I keyed the 1st time the cones on my large pa speakers went full forward throw and shook the house prompting the wife to yell "what the *#&!@ was that?" haha.