I'm not referring to the FT-1000, I'm referring to the current line, 
ft-2000, ft-9000, for HF radios with problems. Not sure on the ft-950 other 
than I heard 2 of them and the audio alone was enough to make a few people 
turn to another radio. I have yet to hear a ft-450
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: ReModern Radios and Accessibility


> John,
>
> You comment often on Yaesu's failure rate and I wouldn't dispute your
> experience with it.  But it doesn't mirror my own.  I've had limited
> experience using yaesu gear but I know several hams in my region, some of
> them blind, who not only use Yaesu gear like the ft1000 series but swear 
> by
> it.   The only rig I'm consistently hearing complaints about is that new
> Yaesu rig and I can't recall the model number right off the top of my 
> head.
> I just thinnk we tend to paint with too broad a brush sometimes when it
> comes to both accessibility and reliability.  Lou
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 7:12 PM
> Subject: Re: ReModern Radios and Accessibility
>
>
>> 1 of Yaesu's biggest problems as big if not bigger than the lack of
>> accessibility is that about 75% of the people I know who've bought one in
>> the last 5 or so years, had to send them back for repairs including 6
>> FT-2000s in the last 4 months, 3 FT9000's among other HF radios and duel
>> band mobiles, all under a year old, most under a month old. That many is 
>> a
>> very serious issue to me. Few of the same model having the same symptoms
>> though the bad ft-8800 or FT-8900, I'm not sure which those are, all did
>> have the same problem but one. Their attitudes don't help things at all
> and
>> those are the reasons I'll probably never have another one here, nor will
> I
>> recommend them, but I will continue to actively campaigned against them.
> I'd
>> rather my TS-520 I bought to play around with before any modern yaesu, or
>> any because I don't like to display that name if it might be seen in my
>> station or something though my FT-51 does make a rare appearance still.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 6:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: ReModern Radios and Accessibility
>>
>>
>> > Well said Colin; many of us have had radios that were, "in a perfect
>> > world" inaccessible as can be, but we made do.  My maybe worst ever
>> > from an accessibility standpoint handheld was a Yaesu 727
>> > handheld.  But it was the first truly syntehsized, dual band handheld
>> > in town and damn it, I wanted ont!!  Eventually and overall we became
>> > friends!!  My current Kenwood is lots easier to work but I still had
>> > fun with my old Yaesu.
>> > Isn't always a perfect world.
>> > Pat, K9JAU
>>
>