LDG FT-Meter & FTL-Meter for FT-857/897 Low-Cost, Plug-and-Play FT Metering Solution

FT-Meter List $49 W4RT $4599  LDG External Meter for FT-857 and FT-897 *********************************************** FTL-Meter List $7999 W4RT $7499 Large, easy-to-read, plug-and-play solution to all of your metering needs  LDG External Meter for FT-857 and FT-897 *********************************************** Replacement Blub (amber color) for Original FT-Meter $5 Yaesu's popular FT-857 and FT-897 transceivers are wonders of compact efficiency. These do-anything, go-anywhere transceivers were science fiction just a few years ago, but ham's today are using them in shacks, mobiles and on dxpeditions from the back yard to the top of the world. About the only problem with these radios is that us hams who are old enough to remember when stuff like this really was science fiction are also old enough to wish that the display was just little bit bigger. As we grow in wisdom and experience, we also grow to depend on bifocals; those tiny little screens are just plain hard to read! Add to that a strong desire to see a real live meter needle bouncing on voice peaks, and you find yourself wishing Yaesu had thought all this through when they designed the radio. Well, in fact they did. A little known feature of these radios, noticed only by compulsive manual readers, is a meter jack on the bottom of the front panel. You have to figure that Yaesu knew they needed a bigger display all along, but just left it as an exercise for the user. Well, help is here! The LDG FT-Meter is a low-cost, plug-and-play solution to all your FT metering needs. The FT-Meter presents a lush, highly readable 2.5" meter face with calibrated scales for signal strength and discriminator reading on receive, and power output, SWR, modulation, ALC action and supply voltage on transmit. Each function is s electable from the radio's menu. Easily visible from anywhere on your desk or dash, the FT-Meter is illuminated by any external 12 vdc source. The FT-Meter comes fully assembled and ready to go; just plug it into the radio and you're in the picture like never before. LDG’s new version of its popular FTL-Meter presents a lush, highly readable 4.5 inch meter face with calibrated scales for signal strength and discriminator reading on receive, and power output, SWR, modulation, ALC action and supply voltage on transmit. Each function is selectable from the radio's menu. Specifications for FT-Meter Receive: S-Meter, Discriminator or Voltage Transmit: RF Power, SWR, Modulation, ALC or Voltage Size: 3.5 x 3 x 2 inches Cable length 3 feet Sensitive 500 uA meter movement Externally powered cool blue backlighting On/Off switch for backlight. Backlighting is 12 volts, 100 mA max Weight: 0.5 lb. Specifications for FTL-Meter Receive: S-Meter, Discriminator or Voltage Transmit: RF Power, SWR, Modulation, ALC or Voltage Cable length 3 feet Sensitive 500 uA meter movement Externally powered cool blue backlighting On/Off switch for backlight. Backlighting requires 11 to 15 volts, 250 mA Size: 4.5W x 4.0D x 4.5H inches Weight:1 lb. For use with FT-857(D) and FT-897(D) only. Click here for detailed information and specifications of FT-Meter. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Use Browser BACK button to return.)