I recently purchased a Yeasu FT-897. This is my first new HF radio since
buying a FT-101ZD about 30 years ago which still operates great.
Although I hate the thought of owning a radio I can not repair I wanted
a small portable that might receive well on LF. So first task was to
see how well it would receive on 137 KHz. I just completed a QRSS30
Argo run and was pleasantly surprised at the results.
The capture below was started as soon as the radio was powered up. The
radio was at room temperature but had not been powered in the past few
days. Frequency calibration and stability is excellent! For this
reception the radio was connected to a 160 meter dipole configured as a
T. The capture was made right at sunset when WD2XDW and WD2XGJ are
usually in a fade. No tweaking of the Argo frequency calibration was
done for this capture and the Loran lines are right on. The BFO appears
to be exactly 700 Hz.
http://w4dex.com/argo/ft897.jpg
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