One more comment about my FT-950 and I'll drop the subject.  I only use 
computer control part of the time; the 950 has a serial port, so it must be 
controlled through a USB-to-serial adapter.
The rig has a built-in keypad, so you can press Enter, followed by a 
frequency, followed by Enter to key in a frequency, down to the Hz.  If you 
press a keypad button without pressing Enter first, each button acts as any 
of 3 "band-stack registers" for a particular band, which have memorized 
mode, bandwidth, frequency and other settings for the last time that 
register was accessed on that band.  I generally have one register set up 
for CW (you can hear that the bandwidth is a lot narrower than SSB) and the 
others for SSB or AM.  If I don't remember what frequency was last used for 
CW on this band, I can just key a new one in and go from there.   By 
default, the main VFO knob tunes in 10 KHz per revolution.
If you press and hold the Split button, your transmit frequency will go up 5 
KHz from your receive frequency, with transmit mode set like receive mode. 
Additional press and holds will increase the split in increments of 5 KHz. 
There is a Transmit Watch button beneath the Split button which allows you 
to listen to the frequency where you intend to transmit; it is a momentary 
button, and transmit is locked out while this button is pressed.  So when I 
worked EP6T (Iran DXpedition) on 10 meter SSB this morning, I was using this 
TXW feature to scan the 20 KHz range where he said he was listening.  N1MM+ 
was running, ready to log the QSO in its DX logging mode.  Without the 
computer interface active, I wouldn't know his exact transmit frequency, nor 
the transmit frequency I ended up with.  This is where a computer interface 
becomes useful, but it is not necessary all the time.
I know whether the rig is in split mode or not, because the transmit watch 
button does nothing if the rig is not in split mode.
Some people object to this rig's interface because transmit power is only 
adjustable on one of the 118 menu items.  But there is a Custom Settings 
button which can be set to item 111.  Push this button once and the VFO B 
knob adjusts your power output.  Hold the Menu button in for a second and 
the new power level is remembered until changed.  Like other buttons that 
have  two modes, a button push is confirmed by a single beep, while you know 
you have held it down long enough when you get a double beep.  An illegal 
operation is a beep at a higher pitch.  This includes the case where the 
internal tuner cannot match the SWR of the antenna you are trying to tune 
into.
With 9 knobs and more than 60 buttons, this rig has enough features for most 
of us, and most of them are accessible with practice, study of the manual 
and on-the-air reports of your audio quality or lack thereof.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Scott Gillen
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 8:04 PM
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Subject: Yaesu?

Can anyone recommend any Yaesu HFHK rigs. Can't get Kenwood in ZL. looking 
for a good display or speech.

Scott
ZL1CHM

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