In a message dated 4/23/2008 9:42:22 PM Central Daylight Time, wb2llp@optonline.net writes:

My memory says that someone wrote a very nice article on using an FT-817 with satellites and used AO-51 as an example. However, I can not remember the magazine that contained the article and can not find the note that mentioned it. Hopefully there is someone whose brain has more working cells than mine, can tell me where the article is located.

TNX es 73 de WB2LLP

Try the Summer 2007 issue of CQ/VHF. The cover photo shows a set of Field Day Satellite antennas. The article is not about 817's in patricular, but two of them are used as the basis of a complete multimode satellite station. I do use the FT-817 on all of the FM birds as well for demonstrations. It works quite well and, as someone else pointed out, the setup instructions for this are in the back of the FT-817 manual.

73 - Keith, W5IU