[bars] Opinion of FT-857?

[Juan Jiménez]

Picked up the radio in Portland last weekend (pleasant ride on the Amtrak
Downeaster). Came with the radio w/mike, mounting bracket, detached head
mount cable and an MFJ-925 antenna tuner that can interface to the radio.
$450 for the lot. Radio works fine, and was pleasantly surprised to find
that it's one of the serial numbers Yaesu shipped with the DSP-2 chip
already on the circuit board. I cleaned it up and I think it's going to be
a replacement for my FT-840.

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 8:43 PM Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:

> Any personal opinions of the Yaesu FT-857 (not the D model, the plain 857)
> that any of you would like to share. Owners on eHam.net speak highly of it,
> most are five star reviews. I like the idea of an HF/VHF/UHF/6M all-mode in
> a portable package. I know there are always tradeoffs in products like
> this, but I think it would likely make for a rockin', foot-stompin' A-Go-Go
> Box.
>
> 73,
> K1CPR
> Juan
>
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