[Yaesu] FT897D

[John Geiger]

Hi Richard,

Haven't heard of anything coming out in the near future, but if they do, you never want to buy a Yaesu (or Icom) in the first year they are released.  You have to wait for them to fix all of the problems first.

73s John AA5JG


--- On Wed, 10/29/08, richard <richardschumann at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: richard <richardschumann at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Yaesu] FT897D
> To: yaesu at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 9:46 PM
> Hello group,
> 
> I have been seriously entertaining the idea of picking up
> an FT-897D at HRO 
> ($799), but they have been out several years and it would
> be just my luck to 
> buy one and the replacement model come out a few months
> later.  Have any of 
> you heard if another model is in the works?
> 
> Thanks for any info you can pass along.
> 
> Richard  kn7sfz in Orygun
> 
> 
> 
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