Mobile Installation of Yaesu FT-857D & ATAS-120A Active Tuning System on 2006 New Beetle TDI

This is a video of my Yaesu FT-857D and ATAS-120A installed on a 2006 New Beetle TDI. It's purpose is to show you some of the capabilities of the Yaesu FT-857D and ATAS-120A Active Tuning Antenna System also made by Yaesu. I have installed the radio using the Separation Kit from Yaesu for FT-857D and it has been working like no other. I am so pleased with this system that I may get a second set for field operations such as portable or during when I am hiking. If you have any question about my setup, or if you're having problem with the ATAS, drop me a note, and I will do my best to give you some pointers. I spent many weeks perfecting the installation and right now, I have zero issues with ATAS.

There are lots of information out there on the Internet but the important ones I found by experimenting. If you're on the fence about this setup, don't because it works really well. RF grounding braids are very important - I think they are the most important than any other types of grouding for the ATAS. Fortunately, I have a unibody vehicle which makes grouding a bit easier. However, if you have a body on frame vehicle like SUV or pickup truck, I would really ground multiple points underneath the vehicle.


73 from Pete KC2ZXL

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Yaesu FT-857D
• ATAS-120A
• Active Tuning Antenna System
• Amateur
• KC2ZXL
• HAM
• HF
• Mobile
• New Beetle
• TDI
• Vertex Standards
• Radio
• Grounding Braid
• RF

[kc2zxl]

Thanks Bob!

[GunFanactic]

How did you mount the head in your vehicle?

[kc2zxl]

@GunFanactic Control head is mounted on a bracket that's part of the Separation Kit. Separation bracket is mounted on a alumnum bracket that's been cut from a longer "L" shape piece bought from a hardware store. Basically, the separation kit comes with small nuts and bolts which I used to mount the plastic bracket onto the aluminum by drilling two holes. Then the control head slides onto that bracket. Hope that answers your question.

[kc2zxl]

Thank you for the comment Phil. When I had issue with ATAS, I scoured the Internet for answers as well as calling Yaesu numerous times without a real good answer. I was able to address my issue therefore thought I share it with our HAM community.

Pete KC2ZXL

[kenocon1]

hi good work Bob great video thanks for posting.Ken EI4IU

[m6bob]

Great video M6BOB

[M6ASL]

Nice video thanks for sharing ,

73 Phil M6ASL