New or the old ones?
I like the old school radios, and one of my favorites is the "transeiver of champions!" > FT-102 Yaesu.
I like the old school radios, and one of my favorites is the "transeiver of champions!" > FT-102 Yaesu.
Hulkster said:New or the old ones?
I like the old school radios, and one of my favorites is the "transeiver of champions!" > FT-102 Yaesu.
CDX1220 said:yeah i like that icom 706mkllg :beer :wav
QRN said:Well I have a Yaesu FT-857 and love it.It covers DC-daylight and sounds good on the air.It's nice and small and fits well in the vehicle.HOWEVER the receiver,although quite good,is not as bullet proof as my recently aquired "new" Kenwood TS-820S.I picked it up at a hamfest last week and it is in like new condition.I still can't believe I found the rig I have wanted for 25 + years in the condition it is in for the price I paid.The audio quality is far better on RX than the Yaesu even when the Yaesu is using an external speaker.The filters have excellant skirts and a station 3 KHz away is gone even if he is S-9 + on frequency.The Yaesu has a lot of buckshot that far away.You can't beat analog filters when done right even with all the audio DSP in the world.Some of the best quality rigs EVER made were hybrids with all solid state circuitry except for the driver and final tubes,typically a 12BY7 driver and a pair of 6146B's in the finals.To each his own I guess but I will NEVER part with my TS-820S.I am not as foolish as the guy I bought it from.