[Yaesu] Yaesu VX6R questions

[John Geiger (NE0P)]

I just bought a Yaesu VX6R which should be here next week, and am really looking forward to getting it.  Looked over the manual, and it looks like a great HT, in some ways better than the VX5 and VX7 I have had before (but will miss the dual receive of the 7R).  Now here are my questions:

1. What is the outside case of the VX6 made of-metal or plastic.  I thought it used the same case as the VX7R, but in the ads it looks like plastic.

2. Does it have a built in clock like the VX7R?  I don't remember seeing anything about a clock in the manual, but I didn't look that closely.  I saw a clock mentioned in a review or 2 on eham.net.

3. With the MARS/CAP mod, you can transmit on 6 meters as well. Does anyone know how much power it puts out there?

73s John NE0P 

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