Martin discussed the various merits and disadvantages of a number of rigs (mostly transceivers). Many of these had been brought along by Martin, but others had been brought along by other members who also told us what they thought of them.
It was something of an appraisal of Yaesu equipment for the most part with the following transceivers on display:
- FT857
- FT817
- FT847
- FT897
- FT690
- FT290
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| FT290RI | FT897 | FT817 |
Also present was a Kenwood R-1000 receiver, an Icom IC703 transceiver, a Diamond RHM5 multiband antenna and a SMB Electronic 2m/70cm antenna complete with a 9m long telescopic fibreglass pole.
Having reached the end of our discussion on all of the above equipment, Martin told us that he had brought along a PSU and offered to ‘fire-up’ any rig or rigs that we might be interested to see working. Strangely enough no-one seemed in the least interested in this idea - perhaps having a working radio at an amateur radio society meeting was rather too radical a thought!