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Yaesu FT-857

Captain Kilowatt

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Apr 6, 2005
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Well I have had it a few weeks now and just got the DSP unit the other day.What a great little rig this is.Worked 4Z4UR,Ehud,in Isreal last night on 20m and he said I sounded great.Had a real ball today coming home from work in the car working a string of VE3's all on 6m.The band was wide open.Even caught a 2m opening earlier in the day and worked a KB4 station in Virginia.(Can't recall his full callsign.) Now that is what I call DX.Nova Scotia to Va. with 50 watts pep on 144.200 MHz SSB and a 19 inch whip on the roof of the company van.I made up a wire harness to allow me to take the rig in any car and plug it into the lighter socket.I now have no excuse to be without a radio.<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D">


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Garth 9VE01 PE993 CDX993 Learn from others mistakes.You can not live long enough to make them all yourself.</p>
 

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