[Yaesu] Best Yaesu HF rig FT920 FT920

[Lee Noonan]

I own an FT920 and its My pick of Yaesu  Radios.
I have owned it for 9 years and will never part with it....

Lee Noonan    VK2LEE


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Best Yaesu HF rig


> 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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