[Yaesu] Carrying strap

[F.R. Ashley]

Hi all,

I guess my joke about the carrying strap went right over everyone's head. 
What I was referring to was someone deciding the FT-2000 was a "top-drawer" 
rig and that person never has even used one.   Gee, it has a carrying strap 
and the front panel is pretty.. hey, well that settles it, the FT-2000 is 
the best rig ever made.
 I see a lot of posts on eHam where someone rates a product as the best 
ever, and they have either never used it at all, or perhaps they "took 
delivery" of it an hour ago, or maybe yesterday.
And before you soil your undies, I have been a Yaesu fan since 1980.    My 
Mark 5 was damaged by lightning back in June, and I'd like to replace it 
with a 200-watt version of the FT-2000.

Cheers,
WB4M


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Manthe" <scottm at mahaska.org>
To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] FT-2000 NEW TRANSCEIVER


> Actually, many contesters and DXers will find a carrying strap very 
> desirable. Since the FT-2000 is aimed squarely at that market segment, I'd 
> bet that many will find this an important feature. Of course, if you've 
> never lugged a 40 pound radio to a Caribbean island or some rock in the 
> Pacific, you might not appreciate how convenient a carrying handle can be 
> and might be tempted to post some condescending remarks about it.
>
> 73,
> Scott, N9AA
>
> F.R. Ashley wrote:
>> Wow,
>> A carrying strap!!  Yup, that qualifies it as top drawer alright.. I bet 
>> they will sell a lot of them based on that strap.  More people would 
>> carry their rigs around if they all just came with a carrying strap. 
>> Maybe one day, the will have those little wheels on them and a 
>> collaspable handle so we can all go to the airport and pull our rigs 
>> around !
>>
>> WB4M
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