Mailbag September 2024 -Part1- Yaesu FT710

Almost end of September. Time for my September mailbag posts, that will be divided in several parts. (and some will come in October) This is Part1 about the Yaesu FT710 Radio - Tranceiver.

	FT710 AESS Tranceiver Only the packaging will be shown in this blogpost.  For those who want to see the device itself, there are many pictures and YouTube videos on the internet.  I expect i will make other blogpost whowing more of this device.
	Some additional items for the Yaesu FT710
	The power supply that i did buy for the Yaesu FT710
	Antenna switch. Not really needed to use this device. However i liked it very much as this switch allows to select between multiple antenna's and multiple tranceivers. (Also a dummy load , VNA or (SDR)radios can be easy selected when connected.
	A monitor ( With DVI-D connector) can also be connected to the Yaesu FT710 . I already had a monitor with this input. More about this in the next mailbag blogpost.

Mailbag August 2024

August 2024 has not finished yet and i am still expecting some items!
However i already want to publish this mailbag post.
This time the items came from Amazon, (not from Aliexpress )

	Book SDR Software Defined Radio
	Book radiotoday guide to the  Yaesu FT710
s s	Screenprotectors for a Yaesu FT710 radio

Testing Outdoor 2 meter Antenna

This is a 2 meter antenna i have temporary mounted outside for testing purposes. It is connected to long thin coax cable. With the coax-cable i can reach the vna connected to my computer. So i included it in the series of quick antenna tests.

See below the result:

Testing RH770 Antenna

 Also from AliExpress i got this RH770 Antenna

The length is adjustable so it is possible to do some tuning.

I did test it on full length.

Testing Abree AR771 Antenna

I also have 2 Abree AR771 Antenna's from AliExpress

They both look the same. See picture above. (Perhaps it are fake clones). Below the results of these two antenna's.

Testing another Aliexpress Antenna

Below the results of the measurement of another Antenna. 

I did buy this antenna some time ago on AliExpress.

Testing Quansheng Antenna

When testing the gate fence antenna (see a previous post) i also wanted to compare the measured result with some other antenna's. This is the result of a quick measurement of an antenna that came with of one of my Quansheng 2m/70cm radio's.

Gate fence electronics dismantling -2- Testing gate fence antenna

Testing a gate fence antenna with a vector network analyzer. This is a picture of the antenna of the original receiver for the fence controller after some cleaning. ( See previous blogpost)

As i have a vector network analyzer (vna) i wanted to test the antenna to check on what frequencies it can be (re)used. I soldered an sma connector to the coax wire, calibrated the vna and did a quick scan over a relative broad range.

See below the results displaying Smith chart, Quality factor and swr (VSWR). The lower the swr the better. The minima in the swr curve give an indication of optimal frequencies.

I also did the same quick scan on some other antenna's and post the blog reports with the results.  Therefore this blogpost is in fact part of two different series of blog posts.

-1- Dismantling the electronics of a gate fence. ( #GateFence )
-2- Some antenna's quick tested ( with a vector network analyzer (vna) ).