[1000mp] Re: [Yaesu] A phone call to Yaesu

[William Diamond]

Comparing an FT107M (great rig) to a modern day reduced performance for a
smaller size is about like 88 blazer to a 2005 blazer, it just ain't the
same and never can be.

Very few of the Tech people at the big 3 are hams nowadays and only know
basics and are only permitted to say what their management programs them to
respond with.

Any other statement would be a breach of implied performance.

Lawyer, so sue me talk.

My opinion only

  William J. Diamond
 Rogers, Arkansas USA
Ham Radio Operator WRØT

  Please visit my all 
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   www.wjdiamond.com 

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-----Original Message-----
From: 1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of n3drk
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:25 PM
To: John Geiger; 1000mp at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [1000mp] Re: [Yaesu] A phone call to Yaesu

John,
     the problem is not you but the attitude with Yaesu. This is why they
are losing business. You like others have taken the time and expense to call
Yaesu and ask a simple question before your purchase and it is quite
humiliating to be treated in such a manner. Makes you feel real good doesn't
it John! After all you were speaking with a "technical" person and you are
just a lowly ham radio operator.
     I purchased a Yaesu Mark V almost two years ago and in the manual it
states that the rig will load up at full power into an antenna with a 3:1
swr. Above that the rig will reduce the power. The person you spoke to just
may not be that knowledable. If you know the persons name you spoke to refer
him to the manual and then see what he says. He may know as much as he
thinks he knows; consequently him putting you to shame. Perhaps he is not a
ham operator and does not know as much as we know!
73s
n3drk-john
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>; <yaesu at contesting.con>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: [Yaesu] A phone call to Yaesu


> I just got off of the phone with Yaesu Tech support,
> and am some discouraged.  I also think they just lost
> a sale.  I have been considering getting a yaesu
> FT857D to use for VHF/UHF and some mobile work.  I was
> a little wary of this model as I know that the FT857
> and FT897 had problems with the audio clipping if the
> SWR got above 1.5:1 or so, as the power is rolled
> back.  I thought that maybe this problem was fixed in
> the FT857D model.
>
> The gentleman I spoke with in tech support made it
> sound like it isn't a problem at all (although my ears
> say different) and made it sound like I must be crazy
> to even consider running a radio into a 2:1 SWR.  He
> said that is what antenna tuners are for, but that
> isn't always practical in a mobile setup.
>
> So, are we becoming a bit too SWR phobic?  I used to
> run my FT100D into a 2:1 SWR with no audio problems.
> It would roll back the power a bit, but the audio
> wouldn't cut in and out.
>
> And is there a new radio that I can get that will
> actually work with a less than flat SWR? I know now
> that the FT857D isn't for me because some of my mobile
> antenna have a **GASP** less than flat SWR.  Heck, the
> Yaesu FT107M used to say in their ads that it would do
> 75% power out into a 3:1 SWR.
>
> 73s John NE0P
>
>
>
>
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