Hi Bill,

40 and 20 meters seem to be the hot bands now, although there has been a lot 
of activity on 10 for the past month or so and I've been on 10 almost every 
day.

I think the radio you are thinking of is the FT-450 which you can see at:

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/0450.html

I think someone on this list recently got one.   I know Lloyd got the big 
brother, the 950, but pretty sure someone else got the 450.

Looks like the price of $750 with auto tuner, or $650 without tuner is only 
good till the end of July when the Yeasu promotion runs out.

Looks like it speaks freq, mode, and s-meter, which is all nice, but I'd be 
more concerned about what doesn't speak.    If menus and other settings 
don't speak and you can't work through them with  beeps, or clicks, or  some 
way of keeping track of where you are, it could be difficult.  I'm not 
saying that is the case, just be sure you know what you are getting into.

73, Steve KW3A



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Deatherage" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: an antanna idea


> What bands have the most activity now? I am planning on saving some money
> twards a HF rig.  I talked to a Salesman at R&L and he told me about a 
> Yazue
> HF rig that was around 650 to 750 I don't remember the exact price and it
> had a built in antanna tuner and built in speach chip.
> I was wondering if any one knew any thing about it?
> Bill
>