There are many who think MY ts-2000 is too old and outdated, it's a lot 
newer than your Yaesu. If it works for you, or is what you can afford, 
great. I'll never have a brand new radio again, likely my TS-2000 is the 
last radio I'll have the way things stand and it's still plenty good enough 
for me, I don't want anything newer. I actually would rather have my old 
TS-940 back to be honest, I've never liked a radio as much as that one. It 
would be nice to have the money to get a TS-590 but I don't see it happening 
and if I did right now, I'm not so sure I'd get it. I'll never have a Yaesu, 
new or used, but likely if I ever have another radio it will be used and 
older than I have now and a very long time down the road since I really 
should sell what I have now but after the last couple problems I had selling 
things, I'm not doing that.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Ryan
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 4:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Debate

I agree with you Colin although this is probably gonna draw a line in the 
sand. LOL
All my station I had to get through my own dollars and once I could do that, 
any borrowed equipment had to be returned. I also don't like having things 
shoved down my throat with regards to this hobby.
There are allot out there think that I should take an ax to my vintage gear 
and have nothing but a Kenwood TS-590, along with the suggestion that a wire 
antenna and 100W is good enough for you while they are running KWs of power. 
LOL Now that's not to say I didn't have any problems with my equipment along 
the way and I would have been better served by a new solid state rig with 
full accessibility but I chose the vintage Yaesu root and love my station 
which seems to be behaving now that I'm having my XYL look over my shoulder 
to check things now and then and keeping my max tune up power to 150W CW.
I think some of this hand holding while ya leak needs to go away. LOL

73:
Mike DE VO1AX