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i need some input on a Yaesu 990 i might buy

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i have my eyes on a Yaesu 990. it was shopped 4 months ago for the sum of 250$ and owned by an old ham. the radio is in perfect shape visually with out a scratch, it includes the stock hand mic and D-104 (matched to the radio) whatever that means. i have heard the radio on the air and it talks very well. i do not have my Ham ticket yet but will very soon. i mostly talk 11 meters on the AM and sometimes SSB right now. can anyone give my any input on the good bad or ugly of these radios. i can get the radio with both mics for 525$ would this radio hold me over for a while. thanks for any and all help
 

Well I am for the most part an ICOM Man but my 1st HF Base radio was a Yaesu FT-990 which I purchased New. It is a very good radio as it came without any filters but I would guess it would be even better with them. I used it on AM even more than SSB back then with an Astatic Night Eagle D-104 & everyone always bragged about my transmit audio.For just HF it does a great job & as others have stated it's an easy radio to work on & is really an FT-1000 without the 2nd VFO & just 100 watts.It has a great receiver as well.

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