I'm not sure, I think that was the same radio that had the power supply 
in it and the fan sounded like a jet plane when it took off.  They had 
onenead thing, you could adjust the master oscilator without taking the 
top off, just pop out a little rubber plug.  Problem was mine got so it 
was to far off and I couldn't bring it back, that is when I traded it in 
on the 440 as I recall.  Before that I had an icom 701, a neat radio 
whan it worked, what a lemmon!!!!  They used stainless steel pins 
through the board and they'd corrode and not make good connection.
73
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
open Node 3148
Las Vegas


On Sun, 
7 Nov 2010, John Miller wrote:

> Yeah, probably a 980, those were out in the early to mid 80's and were known
> for spending more time in the shop than in the shack. I know a few people
> who had them, one still does because he can't in good faith put someone else
> through that though it's been in a box in his cellar since 1992 and he'll
> never use it again. He may have tossed it when he moved recently I don't
> know but last I knew it was still sitting there. The one I actually used, at
> a friend's house when I was first starting out, the cooling fan could be
> heard in the receiver a little, that one too was in the shop constantly. The
> 847 had speech as an option but that also was plagued with problems with the
> power on/off button and a couple other things.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 4:09 PM
> Subject: Re: ft-897d
>
>
>> I don't think we're saying they're not good radios, although even Yaesu
>> fans admit they have quality control problems, but the point I'm making is
>> accessibility.  I don't care if it is the best radio ever made and it only
>> costs two hundred dollars, if it isn't accessible to me, what good is it
>> to me?  I haven't seen the radio I won, but so far from what folks have
>> written, it won't do me much good which makes me sad as it covers 160
>> through 440 and has a lot of bang for the buck.  My main problem with
>> Yaesu is their attitude ow unwillingness to put in speech.  I guess the
>> 450 has it, but none before have and the technology is cheap and been
>> around for years.  My 440 I bought back in 85 had a speech option.  The
>> last Yaesu I owned, I think was a 980, not sure of the number, owned it
>> back in early 80s.  I owned it for a year and 6 months out of that year it
>> spent in the shop.  I just wish I'd won a radio that talked.
>> 73
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>> open Node 3148
>> Las Vegas
>
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