Yaesu FT-818 Accessories 

The first accessory bought was the Yaesu soft pouch and the Windcamp Powerpole-adaptor. This is a must to instal because the original little yellow plug is so sensibel for damaging, and the pouch to protect your expensive gear. This is an item every FT-817 / 818 owner should install immediately.

Some useful accessories there. I've the 817ND here just before the 818 came out, and £45 off. I see the 818 has a TCXO fitted, somebody said I had a bit of drift when I operated ssb on 2m outdoors one day so that seems a good thing. I don't know why they upped the power to 6 Watts. I'd be tempted to see if it could be turned down to 5 Watts. I put a dust cover on my SO239 too. All my aerials have BNC plugs and RG58U. I put a small heatsink on the earth connection. I believe in keeping things as cool as possible. A single 455 kHz xtal is my cheap c.w. filter. And finally a h/b leather case for some protection. 73, G4GHB.

Great video, Shane. Love my 818 and the extras too.

That power pole adapter is pretty sweet. Windcamp has some really good stuff.

Nice overview and suggestions. I've got 2 original 817's. The second owner of both. One is very well used and the other is like new. Just love the feel of the damn things. Great size and weight. They've both been fantastic and have yet to let me down. I have a 300hz CW filter in one and the 500hz CW filter in the other. Both are unobtainium but make a huge difference in preformance. Keep up the good work.

Nice radio, maybe need me one))

only change to the windcamp power input mod first it is a very clean mode that does not change the radeo. can be removed with NO damage to the radio. but if you use a length of threaded rod to hold in place with a not/ washer between the radio body and “under” side of the adaptor. but still long enough to just stick out one can place a conection for a ground wire tight to the radio’s chassis. a guaranteed no gap set up. and it holds the input adaptor solid to the body. and between the chassis and adaptor one of those stick on rubber foot thingy. no flex when plugging in or out. this gives the adaptor three points of contact. screw, power plug, rubber foot thingy.

I like the vid a lot! .. I had not thought of the connector cover on the back.. even though I use the front connector most of the time. One thing that might be nice to add to the back connector cover, would be a 50 load so if you happen to mess up, you won't try to send power out to an open but would have something to help protect the finals.

fantastic radio and nice video thanks 73 from kb2uew

The FT-818 is tiny and lightweight yet oddly kinda rugged… will be interesting to see if Yaesu come up with a new contemporary version. Maybe 20W all band all modes with similar form factor would make a great portable/POTA/SOTA/QRP rig?

Nice one Shane! Good to know stuff about that radio! 73

Bonjour bravo pour la video Arnaud SWL

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(KF0DEK) I love the "integrated outtakes". They always crack me up.