You bet — the Yaesu FT-891 hides its power settings a little deeper in the menus than some of us would like. Here’s the casual, field-savvy rundown:

Menu Items Related to Power Output

If you want to dig into menu settings:

Menu #	Name	What It Does
16–01 RF POWER	Main TX power level	Sets power in most modes (SSB/CW/FMN)
16–02 AM PWR	AM carrier power	Limits AM to prevent splatter
16–03 FM PWR	FM TX power	Useful for keeping heat down on long QSOs
04–05 CW AUTO POWER	Auto power reduction for CW	Helps avoid PA stress
11–05 HF 60M POWER	Fixed 60m power level	U.S. limits apply (not relevant in Canada)

✅ To access these:

• Hold [F(M-LIST)] for 1 second → Menu
• Use SEL dial to scroll, MULTI to adjust

IPS

10m will be HOT this winter and it started with CQWW SSB on the weekend

A year ago I was P4 in Aruba for #1 in my QRP class

Worked All Continents and seems each contact was a different country

IPS

Be Radio Active

I picked up the President at Dayton this year and its a nice 30w Covers 12 to 10m

I found a 102 ” Telescopic whip and Bingo we are on the air

john ve3ips

My wife shopped while I did a quick radio event The antenna is up in a few minutes and the radio a few minutes so in an hour I do have a chance to test things out I love how I can walk over to the antenna and shorten the whip to the 10m mark and have low SWR and then go back up to the 20m mark The untuned radials do the job and honestly if you make enough contacts you get it that one over the other is fun to try out but at the end of the day one will use what works what works every time without fail!

John VE3IPS 10m on Fire

I met Ed back in 2019 when I visited the ARRL HQ and had a great chat (he couldn’t leave for lunch as he had a lab test going on) and he did let me hold the Tuna Tin QRP Radio for a minute.

73s my friend and thanks for all the stuff I learned from your articles and ARRL books

Every QRPer had a TT2 in those days

John VE3IPS