You're thinking of TS-450 Kenwood, he's asking about yaesu ft-450. yaesu 
seems to take great pride the last few years in using their prefix on 
kenwood model numbers, probably to give kenwood a bad name through the 
confusion.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone Using the Yaesu FT450?


> Mike,
>
> I haven't had any experience with the 450 but have had a 440 for more than
> 20 years.  With the voice chip for frequency readout and direct frequency
> entry the 440 is easily usable by a total and I believe the 450 is the 
> same.
> From what I've heard, it's quite similar to the 440.  Hopefully, some one
> with direct experience will comment.  Lou
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 9:22 PM
> Subject: Anyone Using the Yaesu FT450?
>
>
>>I know this subject has been discussed before, but at the time, I
>> wasn't too interested in that rig, so I didn't pay much attention.
>>
>> At our ham fest today, a blind friend who thinks I know a lot, asked
>> me about the FT450.
>>
>> I know it is good at what a rig should be good at, but I don't know
>> how useable it is for a total.
>>
>> If you have experience with the FT450, what should I tell my friend?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs