[Yaesu] Best Yaesu HF rig

Wed Sep 14 16:16:40 EDT 2005

John,
All I can say is that I have had an FT-840, an FT-990 and an FT-900CAT, and 
I still have the 900. The 990 was great, but with some internal noise in 
both the IF and audio, but it worked will with a Timewave DSP-59Y in the 
SP-6 speaker box. Sold them both together, as the 900 did not like the 
DSP-59Y (probably AGC incompatibility). The 900 is quieter internally than 
the 990 and I love the digital bar metering that shows both power and SWR at 
the same time, great tuning tool. The things I don't like about the 900 are 
the small knobs and fan is on the noisy side, but T/R switching is totally 
silent, unlike the 990. Hope this is of interest.
Darryl, KK5IB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <ne0p at lcisp.com>
To: "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb at networksplus.net>; <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Best Yaesu HF rig
> Hi Nate,
>> And you are not the only one to list it as the best Yaesu rig. Guess it 
> does
> make a nice compact rig, with the keyer and autotuner built in. I hear 
> that
> the tuner is one of the best autotuners Yaesu ever built. Haven't had one
> myself, but do hear good things about them.
>> 73s John NE0P
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb at networksplus.net>
> To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Best Yaesu HF rig
>>>> I guess with all this 1000 lovin' I'd be out of line saying that I
>> still love my FT-890AT over the others I've sat in front of? Although
>> that list does not include a 1000D, it does include a 920 (mine), 990,
>> 1000MP, and 1000MP MkV. Not extensive I admit, but if I had to save one
>> of my rigs, the 890 would be it.
>>>> 73, de Nate >>
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