There's one I forgot, the Icom 718, I had one f r a couple weeks, deal went
bad so I had to send it back but that's a long story, for a radio of that
size, I'll tell you it can hold it's own against anything I've ever had and
that speaker on the front puts the icing on the cake, if anything happened
to my 570 before I can afford that TS-2000 I want so bad, I'd get a 718 with
out a 2nd thought and probably from what I've seen so far, keep it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: The Yaesu 817


> Hi Jerry;
>
> A remark supposedly came from a YAESU employee that suggested that "I
> didn't
> think those blind people could afford those high priced radios".
>
> Now keep in mind that the remark is paraphrased and, I did not personally
> hear the remark.
>
> However, I owned a VX5R and when I spoke with YAESU's tech support, they
> were not interested in hearing any suggestions about making the radio more
> accessible.
>
> For these reasons, I would not purchase a YAESU product.
>
> Check out the ICOM 718.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:13 PM
> Subject: The Yaesu 817
>
>
>> I'm looking around for a very portable, qrp rig that will work on all hf
>> bands, in all modes and, if possible, on vhf & uhf. I have heard good
>> things
>> about the Yaesu 817 but suspect that it would be very difficult to
>> navigate.
>> Has anyone any experience with this rig? To my knowledge, it has neither
>> voice facilities nor beeps or tones.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>