[Yaesu] FT-2000 NEW TRANSCEIVER

[Jim Tittsler]

> I'm not sure what you've heard from people on this reflector, but
> according to Chip Margelli from Yaesu, the FT-2000 is scheduled to be
> released this month or in early August, not some distant date in the
> future.

At the Japan Ham Fair this weekend, they were talking about starting  
deliveries here in Japan by the end of August.  (Y399,000 list for  
the FT-2000D 200W model.)
    <http://www.onjapan.net/2006/hamfair/standard.html>
There certainly seemed to be a lot of knob twiddling interest.

73, Jim

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