Oops.  Sorry about that.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone Using the Yaesu FT450?


> 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