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Subj: Re: Icom 706 or Yaesu 857 ?
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Sent: 090603/1124 @:M0PZT.GB7ESX.#31.GBR.EU $:1024_M0PZT Sally 4.1.231 Essex
GM7HUD wrote:
> The 857 is essentially an 817 with a bigger PA. So why not buy a
> cheap CB PA and make some switchable filters for it. That way you get
> a cheap way to boost the power.
I'd never thought about it like that - It's possible, I suppose although
that's a bit like taking my mountain bike, fixing a hairpin piece of
carboard on the frame, jamming it in the spokes and calling it a motorbike!
> In recent times most of my QSOs have been on Yaesu equipment. I must
> admit that I don't like it, the feel of the knobs and how the menus
> etc. works.
The FT-857 wins on consumption, my ability to program it and the fact that
the mic/head connectors are readily available. But I am steering towards
the 706 Mk2G.
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Charlie - M0PZT @ GB7ESX.#31.GBR.EU
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Sent: 11:20 on 03 Jun 2009
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