[Yaesu] Any FT-33 Owners?

[cboone@earthlink.net]

I own two FT33s....they are rugged HTs but the DTMF pad (the TT-4) 
which IS an option and sits IN FRONT of the battery adds size to it..
and the pad does NOT control the radio freq....it only sends DTMF..
$100 for HT with battery and chgr is a good price..does the radio have
the PL encoder? IIRC that is an option as well (so is the PL decoder
I THINK on top of the PL encoder option!)
I am thinking of selling my FT33s and getting a TH-F6 from Kenwood..
with the triband operation AND the ALL mode HF->UHF rcvr built in,
PLUS the fact one of my 220 rptrs has a HF+6m rmt base on it (thanks
to the ACC SM100 Shackmaster and my TS680), I would love to verify
the rmt is working with the HT....and the Kenwood is a nice rig..

Chris
WB5ITT
Houston
224.5 Bear Creek / NW area
with HF + 6m allmode rmt base

"Brian P. Mileshosky" wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>     I am interested in purchasing a Yaesu FT-33 with battery, and charger
> for about $100 (perhaps I can bargain to $90).  It is in like new condition.
> 
>     I'm wondering what you FT-33 users think of the radio?  Any problems
> with it at all?  Is the price a good deal?  I noticed that AES pulled it out
> of their catalog, so I'm wondering if Yaesu might stop making them.  At any
> rate, I really want to get into 220 without spending too much...Alinco is
> the other single band 220 HT I have seen at only glancing at the AES
> catalog.  Is the FT-33 a winner or not?
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> Brian, N5ZGT