I see by the subject line it was 857, not 897, but pretty much the same 
radio, 857 ismore for mobile.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Butch Bussen wrote:

> I would not recommend that radio at aall.  I have one I won at a ham
> fest and it is almostall menu driven.  If youg go into a manu and don't
> make the selection in a couple seconds, say  you pause to look at your
> cheat sheet, it drops out of menus.  Absolutely not a blind friendly
> radio at all.  I've done a littlee programming with a computer, but that
> is about it.  Also, keep in mind it does not have a built in tuner as
> the kenwoods such as 440, 450, 690, 480, and others do.  Again, the q s
> y e r would help, but you can't access memories with it as you can on
> other rigs, the way Yaesu did the programming.
> What are you looking for, how much do you have to spend?  With solid
> state rigs, I think you certainly want either internal or external
> tuner.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> It looks to me like one of these can be used remotely, or with a netbook
>> attached, but I'm not sure.
>> Hoping someone here can tell for sure, because this brand does not have a
>> speech board available AFAIK.
>> http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/1857.html
>> But this looks like a great rig, and just a little above my price range,
>> maybe I can save for the difference if it turns out to be the radio for me.
>> Glenn
>> Known  as: Glenn, Lenny, or N0YJV
>>
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