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to: RICHARD MENEDETTER
from: TONY LANGDON
date: 2016-05-17 07:44:00
subject: Re: Views on the Yaesu FT

-=> Richard Menedetter wrote to Richard Menedetter <=-

 RM> Hi Ricsi!

 RM> 24 Mar 2016 19:41, from Richard Menedetter -> All:

 RM> Anybody had good/bad impressions about the Yaesu FT-450D HF
 RM> Transceiver?

 RM> Sadly I received no feedback at all ...
 RM> so I had to try it myself.

Sorry, couldn't help, never owned or even used one, though had heard good
things.

 RM> Arrived yesterday, and seems to be a nice lower cost transceiver.
 RM> It also has a simple automatic antenna tuner built in (works up to an
 RM> SWR of 3).

 RM> I have not yet had much time to play with it, but it looks nice and is
 RM> fully manageable over CAT (as usual for Yaesu).

 RM> So if somebody is looking into it, it is a nice rig with a good
 RM> price/performance ratio ;)

Cool, sounds like one to consider.  I like the IC-7000, got 2 of them, though
one needs a trip to the shop at some stage for repairs.  Nice radios.


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