[Yaesu] FT-211 (any good)

Sun, 27 Oct 2002 23:29:44 -0500

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To: "Constantine Thomas" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] FT-211 (any good)

> Good radio...I owned the 220 and 440 models (stolen from me due to an
> auto break in back in 1995!) the FT311 and 711....VERY good in the
> range they are tuned in....the 2mtr model I think can go 10-15MHz if
> you open the programming..the front end and the VCO is the limiting
> factor..
> they used the SAME CPU in the 211/311/711 and the 23/33/73 HTs as
> well as the Commercial LMR versions of the 211/311/711 mobiles!
> Does the LCD lamp on the display come on at all?

I haven't seen the radio yet.
The auction ended today and I will send the money tomorrow.
He claims, one day it was transmiting and the next day "did not transmit" so
I hope it is the output
STK ????, or broken pin connections due to heat.
I will play with it.
I did a search on google and I got a lot of info on it.

WA1WLA Constantine

>
> Chris
> WB5ITT
>
>
> Constantine Thomas wrote:
> >
> > I just won a bid on eBey for an FT-211 that doesn't work.
> > It looks like an interesting repair project, any comments on this
radio??
> >
> > WA1WLA
>
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