Ft 897 Lipo Battery

In this video i open up the radio to install a new lipo batter.

Ft 897 lipo battery.

Yaesu ft 897 can operate from two internal battery packs for portable use. Internal batteries in the ft 897 i liked operating portable with my ft 897 with its internal fnb 78 battery packs. Not an issue for me. 13 2 volt 4500mah rechargeable ni mh battery for the yaesu vertex ft 897 radio.

Even 4500 mah is a large capacity ft 897 needs more than 600 ma on. At first i wanted to buy a ft 817d radio but as my ft 897d can hold batteries as well and power can be set as low as 5 watts i decided to first upgrade my ft 897d with one or two battery packs. Qso with ct1mh as a chaser for beaches on the air on 30 january 2016. 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.

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. The fnb 78 4 5 battery however sets you back 124 around 100 and bear in mind you probably want need two and also need a specific yaesu. 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. At 10 w power the pair of batteries lasted a weekend of casual operating.

Recharges with original factory charger.