[Yaesu] Request for opinions-Yaesu Repair

[Caitlyn Martin]

Hi,

On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 09:23, Stephen Goldberg wrote:
> Why does the current crop of gear require so much repair?  My TS-530s has
> only needed replacement of a light bulb and driver tube over all these
> years.

In my experience, both in general and with Yaesu in particular, it
doesn't.  Of course, if something goes wrong with *your* radio and you
aren't happy with the service experience, you would complain loudly,
wouldn't you?  I think the chorus of loud "Yaesu service rots" voices
here are overshadowed by the much larger majority who either did not
need Yaesu service at all or else had a positive experience.

Having said that, I do believe that the rigs of 20+ years ago were
bigger and were much more ruggedly constructed.  It's kind of hard to
make something the size of, say, a VX-1R bulletproof.

Compare your TS-530S with today's equivalent rig, though, and I think
you'll find performance to be surperior with today's better equipment. 
Time and technology march on.

All the best,
Caity