Great little review on Yaesu's FT-817
 

Qualsh has posted a nice little review on the Yaesu FT-817.

Excerpt:
Great for beginning ham operators as well as those looking to get more
advanced. The things I am most satisfied with about this radio, are
quality of the engineering, the power abilities, versatility, and just
overall a great radio. The drawbacks are the interface, pretty lousy
stock antenna and the limited size of the controls...

Read the full review:
http://rigreference.com/rigs/reviews...4357#review_31


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Great little review on Yaesu's FT-817
 

PH5E wrote:
Qualsh has posted a nice little review on the Yaesu FT-817.

Excerpt:
Great for beginning ham operators as well as those looking to get more
advanced. The things I am most satisfied with about this radio, are
quality of the engineering, the power abilities, versatility, and just
overall a great radio. The drawbacks are the interface, pretty lousy
stock antenna and the limited size of the controls...

Read the full review:
http://rigreference.com/rigs/reviews...4357#review_31



You need to add this. It compliments the 817.

http://www.tokyohypower.com/hl-45b.html

Great little review on Yaesu's FT-817
 

Bob Dobbs wrote:
dave wrote:
PH5E wrote:
Qualsh has posted a nice little review on the Yaesu FT-817.

Excerpt:
Great for beginning ham operators as well as those looking to get more
advanced. The things I am most satisfied with about this radio, are
quality of the engineering, the power abilities, versatility, and just
overall a great radio. The drawbacks are the interface, pretty lousy
stock antenna and the limited size of the controls...

Read the full review:
http://rigreference.com/rigs/reviews...4357#review_31


You need to add this. It compliments the 817.

http://www.tokyohypower.com/hl-45b.html

Then follow that with this,
http://www.tokyohypower.com/hl-450b.html
to get it up to the drive level of a serious amp.


That's a bit extreme. Are you trying to talk to Martians?