Once I Got The Radial Elements Reattached I Weaved Some Electrical Tape Around Them And The Main Element

Performing 3D Printer surgery

Bands have been wild during the DX contest 25 & 26 Oct 2024

Apparently my son's radio still thinks it's Christmas

I bought this Yaesu FT-897 as a gift to myself for passing the General Class exam last month. I was going to buy an antenna but decided to make one myself to learn more about them, so I made a field expedient, 1/4 wave end-fed. I had gooten into amateur radio with my dad who became a silent key nearly three years ago. After hearing the radio crackle to life with the sounds of a 40 meter net I forgot about how I wouldn't be able to use it on all amateur bands (because it's a Japanese model), and I wanted to run and tell my dad all about it. I wanted to throw my call out but I figured I'd better just listen for now. I was as excited as a boy on Christmas.

This is how I feel everytime I have to solder anything, which is still a relatively new experience for me with a somewhat frustrating learning curve.

Finally figured out how to get guy's firmware to flash properly.

I've removed the bottom left "shelf" that the radio sits against that blocks any wiring from the radio to the GPS. Hopefully, this will fix the issue with the radio not properly sitting in the frame. Keep in mind, if you aren't going to wire a GPS unit to the Heltec V3 then you'll not have to remove the "shelf"

Pin layout and GPS wiring diagram.

Began a little project. No amateur radio license required for this one. Whatever could it be? Hint: 900mhz