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G0FTD > YAESU 17.10.04 21:20l 21 Lines 662 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: FT-857 bad audio at high SWR
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OE5OHO sent:-
>One more hint: never ever use the MH-59A8J for serious shortwave
>operation! The shielding of this mic is very very bad and leads to
>RF-pickup, which too (!) leads to distorted audio. (Be sure you don`t
>have RF-pickup, do not mix it up with the problem mentioned in this
>article!!).
>The MH-59A8J is the DTMF mic for the FT-857.
I won't buy Yaesu equipment - I'm not impressed by their failure rate
and I'm not impressed with having to do the modifications that I
expect should have been sorted out before production.
Give me an Icom any day - followed by Kenwood.
- 73 de Arthur Ascii -
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