Haven't heard of too many problems with them but I know people who, sighted, 
had a lot of trouble learning how to use one. I can't say I've tried one 
since I won't have a yaesu on the place other than my ft-51 but but I know 
many who have or have had them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kallie Swanepoel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: ReModern Radios and Accessibility


> What about the Ft817?
>
> Kallie Swanepoel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: 23 November 2007 05:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ReModern Radios and Accessibility
>
> 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
>>>
>>
>