Stay away from any yaesu product, they are for the most part not accessible
and the company has no interest in making their radios accessible and openly
will tell you as much if you call and ask. If you want portable HF, your
best option is the icom IC-703, or an elecraft radio, the icom being cheaper
but accessible, or as I'm thinking about doing, I'm thinking about getting
the case to carry the 703 and some accessories, and getting the Icom
706mkIIg and just putting that on low power for portable stuff though I
don't know when/if I'll actually do it.
----- 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
>