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Mon Aug 25 17:47:33 EDT 2014


   Hi  Kate K6HTN Hutton:

> I have an FT-897D.  Very hardy little (Field Day) radio.  It does CW
> well enough, but does NOT QSK, unless you like hearing that TR relay
> clunk, clunk, clunk all the time.

   I have a one year old FT-857D and it has the same problem, I found 
that if I grab the MIC in my other hand I can squeeze the bar and this 
puts the rig in the TX mode and no relays are heard until I release the 
PTT bar.  I can't stand that clatter.
-- 
   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.


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