Five CLEVER things you didn't know the FT-891 did
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- There is a lot that the Yaesu FT-891 can do and the true power and capability of the FT-891 often goes overlooked. So I went through the manual and the menu system and found five clever things that you probably didn’t know you could do with the Yaesu FT-891.
Playlist of Yaesu FT-891 How-to Videos:
• Yaesu FT-891 How-To
Clever FT-891 Tricks:
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Quick meter display selection
03:54 Setting the transmit power
06:31 Setting DVS Volume level
10:20 Meter peak hold
12:26 Quick split feature
18:07 Conclusion
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My 891 trick is I got another guy in our radio group to buy one, and I have been passing on your tricks, and as soon as he becomes very good at operating it, I will go and buy one. That is how I figure out how to get my radios to work!
My friend wanted to try it, so he found nice deal on one slightly used for me. I bought it, and we are both happy. He tried it and found out he likes it, and i got very capable starter radio, that can do most of the things beginner ham wants to try. He has 857 and 817, so he won't buy it anytime soon.
Sounds like you knew Tom Sawyer.
Tnx.73
I've owned this radio for two years. I had no idea that split could be this easy. I've ignored split and told people, I love the radio, but its split is a pain. I just tried it. Thank you. Great video.
JUST ORDERED THIS LAST NIGHT AS MY FIRST HF RIG!!!!
its all i could afford lol
I can't believe you managed to impress me with all five! I thought I knew my radio inside out :)
I love the 891 it's got an amazing low noise floor and fantastic audio quality, I listen via headphones. I recently got the 450D and not happy with the audio quality, it sounds bad in comparison to the 891 + the filters on the 891 are way better.
The 891 is truly an amazing radio and very underrated, I use it as a 2nd receiver in my sitting room connected to the chameleon MPAS 2.0 with CAP HAT and it allows me to catch some cool DX while sitting on the couch and it just sounds so good to listen to.
I had the 7300, hated the harsh audio and will sell the 450D, I'll never sell the 891 while it might be small and heavily menu driven most of them are set once and forget and you can't beat the audio quality with headphones.
I have the FTDX-10 now too and while ergonomics are not the best it has an amazing receiver and audio quality. Pity they can't put more buttons and knobs like the TS-590SG and just use the monitor out for those who want the waterfall, it's not rocket science is it ?
Great video! Lost both my 891 and 7300 in a house fire. Got my 891 back but not on the air yet because I'm still in a apartment. Looking forward to getting everything back. Your tips remind me of how great the radio is... Can't wait!
House fire... OMG Such a bad condition. Sad to know
Did you find out what caused the fire? Hope it wasn't to do with you radio setup?
Great tips. Especially the DVS level tip 👍
Love the video. I have almost convinced myself to pick up an 891 and seeing its capabilities is very helpful.
Great tips! I've had the radio for 3 years and didn't know about 2 of the tips. The meter tip is fantastic!
Yet another useful FT-891 video, great post Mike thank you! KI5DAY All Day Long!
Nice! This video is super valuable to a new ham such as myself. Gonna bookmark it. Thank you!
Well done! Great video. I have two FT-891's and have been using them for a while. Still, learned some very practical tips I can use from your video. Thank you! 73 from VA3RCA
Yet another fantastic “Violation of the Basic Rule” video. I’m learning lots about my new 8-niner-1. Thanks!
Thank you very much for this series on the FT-891. Mine just arrived (early Christmas present) and your videos have been tremendously helpful to become more acquainted with functions and features. Thank you, Michael! de AC5JS.
Thanks Michael! I’ll definitely use these tips on my mobile FT-891!
This is a very helpful video. I just hooked up my new 891 a few hours ago, and this is so helpful. The menu seemed pretty complicated, but after watching this, I see that it's fairly simple.
Thank you,
Karl
Excellent affordable appliance. Thanks for the video and tips. The advanced manual is available as PDF online. That CW split trick was dope!
Thank you for all you do . I learn a lot from your videos . I’m not licensed yet still trying to learn talk this stuff
Thanks for the audio recording volume trick. I haven’t been using the audio record feature because I didn’t want to blow out everyone’s ears in the park with my CQ calls. Nice to know I can simply turn it down.
Got the FT 891 today, haven't played with it much as Im waiting for an auto tuner cable to follow. This video is a good bit of "homework" study before I take it out into the field to try it out. Thanks for making it :)
Just got a new FT-891 last month, watching this video I instantly turned on the peak hold option! Didn't know it was there but a handy setting indeed!
Yaesu (and LDG) need to give you free stuff. I bought the FT-891 and ZII just because of all of your helpful videos.
great quality video as always, thanks 🙂
Thanks for the peak hold tip #4. That makes it way easier to see the other guy's signal strength. I was looking for a setting to slow the SNR meter down (and not finding it.)
this was very useful. many thanks
Hi Michael,
Thanks for those tricks. Just set my 891 for the peak hold and the quick split operation at 5kHz. You and Christine stay safe. 73 WJ3U
Hi Mike.
love the video. My 891 is great and I have learned what I Need to, to do what I want as the menu is befuddling. So this vid taught me a bunch of new things that will indeed be handy. Thanks, Joe KC1MTM
Thanks Michael, useful video to me, thinking about replacing my FT100 with the 891 and a lot of people have put me off by complaining about the menu system but you have removed the shroud. Think I’ll go for it. 73, Richard G0NAD.
Another great video Mike. I’ve pondered getting this radio for POTA use as my present rig is an IC-7200 which is big and heavy. But I’ve been burned 3 times by Yaesu in the past, although it’s been a while. If I do wind up with one these are great tips.
I love my FT-891
That is very “Wisconsin” of you guys....you’re in the camp doing radio stuff (that’s not the very Wisconsin party....), but your wife is over there working on the loom, perfect! God Bless the Midwest!!
I often crack a beer while doing radio stuff. That's pretty Wisconsin.
@@KB9VBRAntennas and pop a few cheese curds? My whole family is up in your wonderful state. I love it up there. I love the people, qwiktrip, everything. You’re a lucky man!
Get video,just bought a FT891,a mat 30 tuner,ham sticks for 20m &40m ,mounting kit for park portable an a Nano VNA.Everytime I watch your videos I learn something new,Thankyou 🎉 2E0HFO 😊
Cheers for that. Really enjoyed it. 😊
another awesome video, thank you!
thank you just bought on of these, im mainly an icom guy.. the menus are pretty deep on this radio
Nice radio and lots of interesting function
This is a fantastic FT891 video. I used to have you 91, traded away for another radio, and I'm thinking of getting it back again. this video reminds me of how much the it can actually do de WO8USA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Just got one of these. Very helpful!
Great video. Thanks
Very helpful information……👍
Thx, I've learned a lot from your vid, lil Dude. 😎
I have an FT-710 in my shack. I would just unhook it if it wasn't such a PITA to unhook everything every time I want to go portable (or try POTA). But after watching your vid, I might just get me an FT-891 and be done with it. You've given me food for thought. I WAS planning to buy a second 710 but now I may not.
WOW. I liked how you can adjust the digital voice volume. Didn't know that
Very good clear Ty 👍
Hey Michael. My wife and I really enjoy your videos! We are new Hams - just got our Technician licenses in August - and really became interested in POTA after watching your videos. We actually went to an activation that a neighboring club member did near us a couple of weeks ago at the New River State Park in northwestern North Carolina. We are avid dual-sport motorcyclists and got into amateur radio to increase our ability to communicate in case of an emergency but are now really getting interested in POTA. We've seen your little camper and we actually have a small pop-up camper that I can pull with my motorcycle. If you were starting today, is there anything you would change in your POTA setup? We're planning to upgrade to General license this winter and are hoping to start our own POTA activations this coming Spring, so we'll be building our POTA radio equipment over the Winter. Thanks so much for the videos! We're learning a lot from watching. KQ4COJ & KQ4COB
GREAT tutorial.....📻
Nice!! Thank you.
Appreciate this video and your other 891 videos. Keep them coming - the manual absolutely sucks!
I ordered one and it arrives Monday, I cannot wait 73.
Thx for all the work that you put into your channel. This was great information to learn. I’m fixing to get a 891 & the videos you’ve done on this radio has gave me good knowledge about the 891.
Thanks. I still have a few more FT-891 videos up my sleeve, so keep watching.
Great video. My trick is to use the contour feature as kind of pre-amp that doesn't increase the noise floor along with the signal. Menu 12-4 level to 15. Menu 12-5 width to 10. Then turn on contour from the function menu number 2, and dial it down to 150. Bam, pops those signals up and DRASTICALLY improves audio quality. Also, put your I have shift to -140 and you're width to 2700. Unfortunately you need to do this every time you change bands.
Sounds like a job for CAT control and software.
EXCELENTE DATO amigo, gracias, un abrazo!
@@PatrickKQ4HBDa total rookie here, what is CAT?
Excellent "find your way around the -891" video Michael! Only thing I would add is that a long push on the BAND button will allow you to quickly change modes. 73!
This is a companion to my other ''find your way around the 891' video. I also have one that takes you through the entire front panel, including the band change button: th-cam.com/video/Zh-U2pVTlUs/w-d-xo.html
Great info, I also commented on Patreon. I usually use my FT818 in the field, but I've been wanting to take the FT891 out. I haven't used it in the field yet. 73 de AI5DD
I use the meter function on my FT-857D all the time, along with an LDG meter that plugs into the control head.
Good video. When I first noticed that a highlighted function can be re-activated by turning the MF knob I though my radio was broken. It took awhile to determine that it was intentional. My learning curve keeps changing as I stumble upon features through use. Lately I've notice a 30Khz freq shift when I switch from AM to SSB or SSB to AM and I'm not certain why it does that.
Great video Michael, you are a great teacher! Im thinking the 891 would be a better choice for me than a 991a. Never a G90 for sure. I just really want to be able to work 2m ssb and digital. We'll see how the money goes. 73
Thanks for a nice informative video. Question........... can you set the meter to IDD and have the display show the voltage in a similar fashion to how it will show SWR, etc?
Would love to see more details like this on the Yaesu FTM-3100R
Love the 891 topics. Helps me playing around in the menus. 73, w3rrm
Fairly new license here. If, when using split, if you are listening on one freq but transmitting on another how do you know if you are stepping on someone on your TX freq?
Good question!
I think you need to check both frequencies to avoid stepping on some one.
But I would love to hear more about this issue from an experienced DX ham.
Thanks for great video michael,been looking for another radio for pota as my ftdx10 is heavy in a case.891 now ordered :) 73
Excelente!!!!
Thanks for the DVS tip. When wearing headphones, my recorded CQ POTA always blasts my ears. Not anymore.
Hi Michael, your video is useful and interesting even if I already knew these features of the Yaesu FT-891. It's a great radio that I also used yesterday in my POTA I-1384 activation. A useful function that unfortunately does not have the FT-891 and instead has the FT-450 is the possibility of constantly displaying the supply voltage Vcc. Too bad that the designers did not think about this very important and visible thing only when the radio is turned on.
A firmware update would be useful.
73 IU5KHP Nicola
Monitoring voltage in the radio would be nice. I use an inexpensive power meter that is in-line with my power cord to track voltage level and amp-hours and watt-hours consumed. Tracking watt-hours will give you a better indication of capacity than just watching the voltage.
Michael, loved the video. I too have the FT-891 and have used it for about 3 years. And while I use the A B C buttons to assign some of my favorite options, the ones you showed in the video gave me some new ideas to simplify using the meter in particular. By the way, what headphones do you use with the FT 891 as I operate in my home and when monitoring it some times bothers others.
That easy front panel meter switching feature is an absolute God send for guys like me that want to constantly monitor their radios operating parameters. 👍
KZ9V
Easily modified to transmit on CB channels I have one and I actually did it I won't divulge how either because I don't want any other screwdrivers in these things it's a bitch to do but can be done and it works great on the 27 MHz band especially on both AM and FM and sideband‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Thank you !!!!.👋
nice bike!
Cool channel.
Great video can you set it to tune at 1khz steps. Not found anywhere to do this I've looked at the manual thx
Menu items 14-02 - 14.05 change the tuning steps, but the biggest step is 10 Hz for sideband. If you press the FAST button you can toggle from 10 Hz to 100 Hz steps. I can't find a way to change to 1 KHz steps.
Michael, Quick question: What are your standard settings for the A,B,C Buttons? In other words what do you leave them set to (for example MTR etc). Thanks for another great video.
My three favorite are: SFT (shift), DNF (digital notch filter), and CH1 (Channel 1 playback).
Another tip is to add a lsb freq into memory channel for quicker access if your needing to change to that mode for what ever reason rather than having to go into the menue system to change it over everytime
I previously had a Yaesu FT-891, but sold it because I simply had too many radios. This video did teach me something about my FTdx10, though. I did not realize that each time that you long-pressed the Split button that it incremented the split by the quick split amount set in the menu.
I'm going from a pretty good Xeigu G90 to an FT-891 because of some of the better signal processing and better filtering. Hope it's as good as I imagine.
Hey Michael, thanks for the nice video. Do you know something about the min. voltage you need for this radio. I just heard it would not go down to 10V like the older FT-857D does. I'm asking because i would like to use it at a 12V Batterie, which we all know well goes sometimes down to 10V ...
73, Ingo, dl5kci
The FT-891 doesn't like it when the voltage gets below 11v on transmit and will shut down if the voltage drops to 10.5v on transmit. I think because it has a slightly higher current draw than the FT-857, it is also more sensitive to voltage drop than the FT-857.
Interesting! Good luck channel. I subscribe. Like
Someone complained that since there is no battery level reading on the display, that the ft-891 can be damaged by the battery level going too low. Is this possible? If so, is there no safety cutoff or warning? Thanks for a great video: learning about my ft-891!
I was wondering about if you’ve ever upgraded the software for the 891? I’ve made several beneficial settings to my 891 based on this and your other 891 videos. Does upgrading software return the 891 back to default setting preferences? Enjoy all your videos.
It's been so long since I did a firmware update, but I believe the settings stay unchanged when you apply one.
You can even simpler set the HF power to 100W temporarily: select the power settings (SSB/AM/HF) and press "CLAR" - will select 100W automatically but return to the previously selected value after turning off and on the TRX the next time.
thats a cool t/r button you are using
You can build your own out of a bicycle handlebar grip and a push button: th-cam.com/video/b5Wu8BlrSF0/w-d-xo.html
Very kool
The split frequency looks pretty useful for contacting 10m repeaters (fm). Is there a ctcss function or some alternative way of injecting ctcss tones?
You could use quick split for repeater shifts, but the FT-891 has complete repeater support built into their FM mode operation. You can set the split and CTCSS tones and save all that into a memory channel. I'll make a note to cover FM in a future video.
@@KB9VBRAntennas thx!
Hi Miachel, after a long time seeing your lovely video. The FT891 has a real great form factor loaded with tons of features.
Just wanted to know if there is a way to keep tab on the voltage especially when using it outdoors as the FT891 does not display it constantly.
Also wanted to know if the rig will get damaged if operated when the battery goes down?
Thank you and have a blessed day ahead
Cheers!
73
I use an inexpensive power analyzer to keep track of voltage and power consumption. Some people say they aren't accurate, but really all you need is a ballpark estimate of power used: amzn.to/3eUoJWu
Unfortunately the only time the FT-891 displays the supply voltage is very briefly after "turn on". Turning the radio off & on just to see the supply voltage certainly isn't practical. I've inadvertently run a battery below the FT-891 cut off point and nothing bad happened. The radio just turned off.
KZ9V
@@KB9VBRAntennas thank you Michael
@@davewhite7679 Yes, Wish it had a constant voltage display but anyway an external device can be attached...
Just wanted to know if setting the ft891 at 15 watt and the battery drains to 9volts, will it still run or shutdown on its own without affecting the rig?
Thanks
Thank you mike. quick question that mic adaptor cable where can I get one from and model/item number?
This is my most asked question. It's an RJ-45 extension cable so I don't have to take the face plate off if I want to change the microphone for the headset. amzn.to/3oIcOgf
when operating split will it show it tx on the b freq. i set this up but it still shows my tx on the a freq. cant figure it out
Hi Michael, I have just bought an 891, your videos have been a great help in understanding some of the features of the radio, and great easy-to-understand content. I have a question I noticed in this video you are using what looks like an Eco-Worthy lithium battery what are your thoughts on this battery and roughly what life do you get out of it on a POTA activation? As I am still trying to decide which route to go for a battery. 73 VA7EEH
The 20ah Eco-Worthy battery has been performing quite well for me. It's life depends on what your power output and mode will be. But the battery will last a weekend if I do strictly phone at 50 watts and several hours if I do phone and data (20 watts). That equates to roughly 200+ contacts phone only or mixed about 50 data and 100 phone.
@@KB9VBRAntennas Excellent thanks for the reply
Constant display of supply power voltage instead of just on startup would be very helpful.
Hi! Is it possible to set the digitial voice keyer to auto repeat?
Nice.........
I knew 4 of 5 but the one I didn’t know was incredible. MTR!
The MTR trick is pretty wild.
Great video. Thanks and 73 de LA7YKA - Einar.
Great information 73 from Denis ve2ny
Hi thanks for all your video. The split operation is Also possible with Clar function key. Do you agree? 73 from italy.
Great video! I need to play with my 891 more! 73, K8JLW
Tnx and 73's, TA1BP.
CW FOREVER
MIKE 👊
Michael keeps teasing you CW operators. I think he's got a surprise planned for you. 🙂
KZ9V
FYI, the quick-split function is also known as lickity-split.
That's some friggin' cool Shit! 💯👍🙋♂
I trust your opinions, so I have a question. I am currently running a TS-480 as a mobile rig and it performs really well. I have been considering a trade however to the FT-891, mainly due to size considerations and being able to use it on trips and in the field. Might even replace my G-90 with it as well. Do you think I would be satisfied with it as a mobile? I mainly operate mobile with monoband sticks, and in the ssb frequencies, so lack of a tuner is not a huge factor in mobile. Might be more of a factor for portable, but I do have some tuner options, if needed. What are your thoughts?
I think the FT-891 would make a great mobile rig. If I had a second one, I would probably mount one in the car for that purpose. It does have a removable head so the body unit can be mounted under a seat or something to take up less space on the dash. The display is large and easy to read on the road. It has a lot of memory channels so you can preset common frequencies, and the noise blanker is very good. I've used the noise blanker while operating mobile for the Minnesota QSO party and it does a great job with a minimal impact on sensitivity.
As for a lack of a tuner, I don't think that should be an issue for mobile operation. Just about everyone I know operating mobile does so one of three ways: monoband sticks, remote tuner at the base of a long whip, or ATAS-120 antenna. I think if I was mobile, I'd go the ATAS route before buying some type of mobile tuner.
Hey Michael, by any chance do you know if someone has come up with an idea for an audio deflector. I have trouble hearing the yaesu 891 speaker because it faces straight up. I have to put small box over the speaker with the front side cut out to bounce the audio forward towards me so I can hear it better. Any ideas?
I've seen others use a 90 degree PVC elbow to deflect the sound. You could even paint it black to match the radio.
@KB9VBR Antennas...thanks, never thought of that. It's a great idea for a 3-D print design
Could you please let me know the use of MOX menu item.
How can we use non compatible ATU with 891. I have Alinco EDX 2.
Thank you for all your videos.
Thank you in advance for answering.
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