The YAESU FT530 had the cleanest transmit and receive audio coming out of an 
HT that I ever heard.

Next to that one was the FT50RD.

It had some kind of sound recorder in it and you could get it to id every 
ten minutes.

When it did, you couldn't tell whether it was live ore recorded.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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From: "Gary" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] Yaesu rigs I have known was:RE: 707 radio


>I remember my old FT 530 with fondness.
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> From: "Kenneth Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:36 AM
> Subject: Yaesu rigs I have known was:RE: 707 radio
>
>
>>I have some Yaesu gear and for the most part I have no problems using it. 
>>I
>> have the FT-530 dual band HT which is very accessible.  The trick I use 
>> to
>> program the CTCSS tone is to store a memory with a known tone, then copy
>> this memory to the vfo whenever you need a tone.
>>
>>  In the van I have the FT-900 mobile HF rig.  This is a great rig but it
>> can be frustrating to program.  I can't complain much though, I traded an
>> old laptop for the FT-900 and a Alinco DR-112 (or maybe it was a DR-110). 
>> I
>> have worked the world with the FT-900 and a Hamstick from the car.
>>
>> My wife has the VX-2R HT and I can only program it with the computer, but
>> once it's programmed it's not difficult to find which memory bank you 
>> want.
>> In one bank I put several commercial FM stations and I use this bank as 
>> my
>> reference for finding the other banks.  In the last memory of each bank I
>> put the local NOAH WX station and this allows me to find where the memory
>> wraps.  I mostly use the VX-2R to crossband through the V7. It also works
>> great as a scanner.
>>
>> A friend has two FT-7100's, both have been junk, with several trips to 
>> the
>> shop.  The most recent one that just returned from the shop caught on 
>> fire
>> soon after being repaired.
>>
>> I had a FT-5100 dual bander for one day, that's how long it took me to
>> realize I did not like this radio.  I was lucky to be able to send it 
>> back
>> to HRO and get full credit towards the Kenwood TM-V7A.
>>
>> 73, Ken -N5SWR
>>
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