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I've been selling a lot of older ham equipment to buy something new for my home, (replacing the FT-857D, which will go in the camper). Getting close to retirement I
Does anyone have the Yaesu FT-701?
It has the bands I use, and features I would like. But I'm concerned about bugs or "gotchas". Seem like a pretty solid rig if you don't need VHF High & UHF (which I don't). I like the fact that you can dial 30 MHz to 54 MHz for monitoring. I would like to hear from anyone who has the rig, or has had personal experience with it.
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Does anyone have the Yaesu FT-701?
It has the bands I use, and features I would like. But I'm concerned about bugs or "gotchas". Seem like a pretty solid rig if you don't need VHF High & UHF (which I don't). I like the fact that you can dial 30 MHz to 54 MHz for monitoring. I would like to hear from anyone who has the rig, or has had personal experience with it.
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Manual
