Re: FT-847?

[ae517@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Russ Renaud)]

>
>At 02:58 PM 2/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>I know it is terribly early in this radio's life to ask but has any one
>bought one
>>yet, what do you think of it, and has any comparisons between it and the the 
>>FT-736R been published on or off the Web?
>
>
>Yeasu showed the radio at the Miami, FL Hamfest and the Orlando HamCation.
>It looks like a very nice unit.  Those dealers that had a chance to play
>with it comment that the HF side is noce, but not for a real die hard HFer.
> No one I talked to has had it up on the satellites.  The little literture
>they had (there is no glossy yet) says full duplex VFOs.  So it looks as if
>the radio can be used for the RS satellites (mode K, A).  
>
>There is four coax connectors on the back, HF, 6m, 2m, and 70cm.  100 watts
>on HF and 6m, and 50 watts for 2m and 70cm.  The look and feel of the radio
>is very nice.  I wish I could try it out at home on the birds to give a
>more objective review.  
>

Does it have any low-level transverter ports?

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