Can't be worse than what I've seen out of MFJ lately. I bought an auto
tuner of theirs at the Rochester Hamfest on Friday, and took it back to the
dealer on Saturday. It is the second bum auto tuner I've gotten from
MFJ. The first one had a bad antenna relay on the A/B switch, and the
second one just wouldn't tune for more than a second whether it found a
good match or not in that time interval. I've reached the point where I'm
washing my hands of that company and am buying nothing further from them
because they just cannot get their quality control together. Guess if I
want the antenna tuners that will tune a wide range of loads, I'll have to
plunk down the big bucks and get an SGC. Sometimes the big bucks are worth
it though if the cheaper guy is selling nothing but crap.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 12:49 PM 6/3/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Let's hope they stick to it, and the quality control improves over there a
>lot before I try one.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 12:40 PM
>Subject: Re: Yaesu Ft-450 with built in speech
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Nice to see that Yaesu if finally coming around to doing the right
> > thing. 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 04:14 PM 6/2/2007 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Has anyone checked out the Yaesu Ft-450? I was just looking at it on
> >>Universal Radio's site. I have included some features below.
> >>
> >>
> >>73, Ken -N5SWR
> >>Your Price: $969.95
> >>The Yaesu FT-450 provides world class performance in an easy to use,
> >>compact package. It employs state of the art IF DSP technology
> >>to bring an array of
> >>advanced features to the operator. This radio covers all the HF bands plus
> >>6 meters.
> >>
> >>9 x 3.3 x 8.5 inches 7.9 lbs. The FT-450 comes with MH-67A8J hand mic, mic
> >>clip and DC power cord. It requires 13.8 VDC at 22 amps.
> >>There is an optional,
> >>internally mounted
> >>ATU-450
> >>automatic tuner available.
> >>
> >>Features
> >>
> >>* TX Frequency Coverage: 160-10 Meters, 50 MHz.
> >>* RX Frequency Coverage: 30 kHz-56 MHz;
> >>* Power Output: 100 watts HF-6M
> >>* Operating Modes: USB, LSB, CW, AM, FM,
> >>* 400 MHz built-in IF DSP
> >>* Built-in Electronic Keyer.
> >>* Multi-Color LCD Multi-function Display.
> >>* Bar-Graph Metering
> >>* AGC Fast-Slow-Auto-Off Selection.
> >>* IF WIDTH & SHIFT, CONTOUR, Digital NR, Manual Notch Filter
> >>* Dedicated Data Jack for FSK-RTTY
> >>* Optional Internal Antenna Tuner (ATU-450)
> >>* Optional Carry Handle.
> >>* Built-in CTCSS
> >>* Digital voice announcement of frequency, mode and S-meter
> >>* Clarifier adjustment
> >>* 500 Regular Memories
> >>* Two voice memories
> >>* CW Beacon function (up to 118 characters).
> >>* 10 kHz Roofing Filter
> >>
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> >>11:22 AM
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>5:26 PM
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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>12:47 PM
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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