New Yaesu

[NA0AA]

You cannot have MY FT-847, I'm just learning how to use it all.

OK, it's not perfect, but it is a decent rig if you want a desk radio and can have only one.

I'm sorry they discontinued it - fortunately, I got all the accessories I needed before they discontinued everything.

[KG6TOP]

It looks like a radio you can tak out to the field and not have to worry about wrecking it. Thats just my opinion...

[K0WVM]

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Quote[/b] (AB3BK @ Mar. 25 2007,12:07)]Another pic...looks "cheap"

Yes it does and in the same price range as Kenwood's TS-480 which looks like and is a good little radio. Too bad, I would love to have a reason to go back to Yaesu but they just aren't cooperating.

You sir have taken the words right out of my mouth. I would love to go back to Yaesu, but ICOM hasn't disappointed me lately.

[W6GQ]

They are for sale now, AES had them at the their Superfest today for $999.00

[N3ATS]

Ugly, both of them. Especially that dual-bander. These design engineers need to lay off the pipe.

$1K for a 160-6 radio? No thanks.

[N2RJ]

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Quote[/b] (AB3BK @ Mar. 25 2007,20:54)]Kenwood is the only one making a do-it-all rig for the shack with the 2000. We need more options. You would think that with all the sales of the ts-2000, Yaesu and Icom would do something.

Dave

This is exactly what Ham Radio doesn't need, more DC to Daylight rigs with at best crappy performance, like the TS-2000. What happens when your DC to daylight rig quits working and it's the only rig you've got because it's "cool" to cover 160m-70cm in one box?

I totally agree, I've never understood the obsession with DC to daylight radios or wanting a those ultra small HTs. I guess allot of people don’t realize what its costing them in terms of receiver quality or in the HTs case overall build quality.

DC to daylight is ok in the mobile but most people don’t realize they can come out cheaper if they just buy a HF rig and then a dual band mobile for a base setup and end up with 2 better quality radios.

FOG

I don't know about you, but my Icom 7000's receiver is far better in performance than many HF only radios I've used.

All modes on VHF/UHF without buying an expensive satellite radio is a plus.

I love my ProIII but I wouldn't mind using the 7k as my main home rig either.

[K4KYV]

I couldn't name from memory the model number of a single Icom, Yaesu or Kenwood on the market to-day, if my life depended on it. But I have a catalogue from a major equipment dealer here in front of me (they sent it to me because I mail-ordered $30 worth of antenna hardware from them a few months ago), and I see they have an Icom IC-7800 listed for $10,599.99.

I think I'll go out right away and buy two of them.

[KF0RT]

There's a better picture on RigPix:

Clicky

73, Rob

[W0BKR]

Kinda ugly aint it?

Give me a good HF IF and some transverters....

[WA9CWX]

Not just ugly.
Fugly describes it best.

I got to say, I own a LOT of Yaesu radios.

Three FT1000Ds (Two were bought new, one in 1991, one in 2000, one slightly used one in 98.
Also, have two FT-ONEs,(older top of the line rigs from early 80s)


Of their DC to daylight rigs, I have the FT897, FT847, FT100D (in the car), and the FT817 (QRP).

All of these rigs have the proper filters for CW installed, and with these filters, they just are not all that bad.
They SEEM to work well, I don't have any problems with them, and they certainly outperform my boat anchors.

They may not be up to standards of top end HF only rigs built today, but they are not junk.

And on VHF and UHF, I can state for a fact they perform at LEAST as well as my high end gear from 15 years ago.
I have an IC821 (That was Icoms top of the line rig in the early 90s), and I also have the TS790A, that was the Kenwood top VHF/UHF rig from 15 years ago.

Each of these rigs would have set you back over $2000.00 bucks with accesories at that time.

These older VHF/UHF only rigs do NOT outperform any of the newer Yaesu rigs, in ANY respect. (ok ONE exception is overload to strong out of band signals)
The 821 covers ONLY the ham bands, and not wide coverage, and IS less prone to overload from Commercial signals.
The Yaesu rigs are slightly prone to this, as ANY wide receiver would be, when I use them with better antennas.