Personally, with the SMA connector, I wouldn't put a telescopic antenna on
that, I have one for my old FT-51 with the BNC connector and I'd never think
of putting that on an adapter for SMA, and that's what you'd have to do,
those connectors are just so fradule if not really babied. I had an FT-50RD
for a while, liked the radio but since I don't like yaesu, I sold that. I
kept my FT-51, mainly due to personal reasons I'd rather not get in to on
the list but I'll never get rid of it even if it doesn't work right anymore
and I haven't used it in a year or so, I might get it fixed. I don't
remember much about that radio but if you can get the software and
programming cable for it form RT systems, you'd probably be a lot better
off. That's what I used, it's not that expensive I don't think though I
think it went up a little now that it's on CD. I need to replace my software
come to think, my disk it was on went bad on me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christy Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 6:31 PM
Subject: antenna for the Yaesu ft 50r


> Hi all,
>
> I've been out of ham radio for a while, and finally decided to get back on
> the air. I found a Yaesu ft-50r on ebay, which came with two rubber duck
> antennas. The antennas are not the bnc connectors, they are the type that
> you screw onto the radio. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good
> telescopic
> antenna that would work with this radio, either by itself or with an
> adapter
> of some kind? also, if anyone has any tips for getting to certain
> functions
> by the keyboard with this radio that would be very helpful. I realize
> Yaesu
> doesn't make the most accessible equipment, but it's what I could get as a
> dual band handheld for a decent price.
> At some point I'll be looking for a good, accessible mobile, but that's
> down
> the road.
>