Ft 897 Lipo Battery

I was using my yaesu ft 897d with an ldg yt 100 and a 11 1v lipo battery both installed internally in the original battery.

Ft 897 lipo battery.

Each ni mh battery pack is 13 2 volt 4500 mah and when the radio operates from these packs it has an output power of 20 watts on all amateur bands. Even 4500 mah is a large capacity ft 897 needs more than 600 ma on. Recharges with original factory charger. In this video i open up the radio to install a new lipo batter.

These are 4 cell batteries that have the right voltage range required for the ft 897d and ft 857d. If i was powering an ft 817nd i could have gone for a 3 cell lipo battery as the ft 817nd doesn t need as much voltage and just wastes the rest in heat. Internal batteries in the ft 897 i liked operating portable with my ft 897 with its internal fnb 78 battery packs. Yaesu ft 897 can operate from two internal battery packs for portable use.

Yaesu ft 897d with internal ldg yt 100 automatic antenna tuner and 2200mah 11 1v lipo battery. 13 2 volt 4500mah rechargeable ni mh battery for the yaesu vertex ft 897 radio. Qso with ct1mh as a chaser for beaches on the air on 30 january 2016. At 10 w power the pair of batteries lasted a weekend of casual operating.

The rig is very portable and the internal batteries are most convenient as you don t need any separate power supply.