Thread: Yaesu FT857/897 jumpers for Australia Band Plan

Originally Posted by FFR

G'day,

I have found a lot of references to convert the radio to full band mode but, no clue about converting it for AUS bands. Any hint?

Thanks in advance !

Why would you want to?

Any radio coming here from China etc. are all "open". Including Yaesu and Icom.
In fact I bought my last Yaesu from an Australian dealer and it was open which surprised me.

No law in Australia about anyone (Ham or not) having an open rig. Just not allowed to transmit on frequencies you don't have a licence for.


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Hi Miky,

Many thanks for your reply. Well, I'm a bit confused with the new repeater shift/direction in V/UHF, although it will be a matter of time to get used to. 40m, 30m and 6m are also different, but you are right, knowing the band plan in advance will be enough.


Carlos

Hi Carlos
Repeater shifts for the 857/897/817 are easily programmed from the menu system of the radio which you can easily do with the owners manual.

For the 2 metre band (VHF) it is a 600 offset, ie listen on 146.900 transmit on 146.300, you will need to know what repeater you are using to ensure it is negative or positive offset but usually frequencies above 147.00 are positive offset. For the 70 cm band (UHF) the offset is different, it is a 5 mghz shift ie transmit on 434.525 receive on 439.529. Again you will need to know the repeater you are attempting to access becaasue some clubs have reversed their input frequencies on this band because of interference from LIPID's. The WIA website has a list of these frequencies per state and per band.

There is no difference in the radio it should be the same wherever you purchased it from if it is for the worldwide market with the exception being that if it was made for the japanese domestic market then it will not go high enough on our 2 metre frequencies to be useable. Once again to reitereate the the previous comments, unless you have an amatuer licence you are unable to use these frequencies by law.

There are plenty of downloadable manuals on the web if you google VK2CA and go to the Ham Classifieds section there is a download page which will get you a manual, alternatively, you can obtain one from the RIGPIX website.

Happy to help out further if needed.
Regards
David

Hi David,

Thanks for your message. In Europe repeater shift is -600 in VHF and -7600 in UHF, allways. I found a set of AUS configuration settings for the 817, but no way to do it in the 857, 7800 and ic208.

I was active in the Canaries as EB8CLB, and in the Spanish mainland as EC4DIL (but this was ages ago) so now I have to apply for a VK2 as a new beginner.

Carlos