[Yaesu] Best Yaesu HF rig

[bcarling at cfl.rr.com]

You mention some great rigs.
Without question the FT840- is the best value for the 
money. A GREAT little rig made with a REAL metal 
case, memories.  Really it has just about EVERYTHING 
that you basically need for HF other than QSK for the CW ops.

As far as the more expensive rigs... I don't bother trying to even 
touch an FT100 or FT9000 etc.
However, a friend had an FT920 - WOW what a GREAT radio!!

I used to LOVE the FT890s too. A beautifully crafted piece 
of radio artistry!

I don't like the looks of all of the  newer itty bitty radios.
FT857, FT897 etc.
They all look just too small, and there are way too many 
hidden menus  in most of these newer rigs.

On 14 Sep 2005 at 15:16, Darryl J. Kelly wrote:

> John,
> All I can say is that I have had an FT-840, an FT-990 and an FT-900CAT, and 
> I still have the 900. The 990 was great, but with some internal noise in 
> both the IF and audio, but it worked will with a Timewave DSP-59Y in the 
> SP-6 speaker box. Sold them both together, as the 900 did not like the 
> DSP-59Y (probably AGC incompatibility). The 900 is quieter internally than 
> the 990 and I love the digital bar metering that shows both power and SWR at 
> the same time, great tuning tool. The things I don't like about the 900 are 
> the small knobs and fan is on the noisy side, but T/R switching is totally 
> silent, unlike the 990. Hope this is of interest.
> Darryl, KK5IB
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <ne0p at lcisp.com>
> To: "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb at networksplus.net>; <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Best Yaesu HF rig
> 
> 
> > Hi Nate,
> >
> > And you are not the only one to list it as the best Yaesu rig. Guess it 
> > does
> > make a nice compact rig, with the keyer and autotuner built in.  I hear 
> > that
> > the tuner is one of the best autotuners Yaesu ever built.  Haven't had one
> > myself, but do hear good things about them.
> >
> > 73s John NE0P
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb at networksplus.net>
> > To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Best Yaesu HF rig
> >
> >
> >> I guess with all this 1000 lovin' I'd be out of line saying that I
> >> still love my FT-890AT over the others I've sat in front of?  Although
> >> that list does not include a 1000D, it does include a 920 (mine), 990,
> >> 1000MP, and 1000MP MkV.  Not extensive I admit, but if I had to save one
> >> of my rigs, the 890 would be it.
> >>
> >> 73, de Nate >>
> >>
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