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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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
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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
>