[Waverley ARS] Yaesu has a new radio. FTM-10R

[Simon Buxton]

Hi Daniel

It looks a nice set if you can afford the car or motorbike to go with 
it. But for use as a home station, its a bit too limited unless you have 
enough money for an HF rig as well. I would have thought a better choice 
would be something like a secondhand IC706 MkII which in addition gives 
you all mode on 2m/70cm and covers all HF amateur and broadcast bands 
for not much more than the price for this new one. If you have HF, then 
a secondhand dual bander might be better value and give you more modes.

I think until you really know where your operating interests lie it is 
best to buy cheaper used gear that gives you a wider choice of modes and 
bands. You also lose less when you trade up later on, for example when 
you have your own car.

73 Simon

daniel at vk2fdgw.com wrote:
> At Dayton this year Yaesu released a new 2/70 cm radio. with blue tooth,
> water proof face and more.
>
> here is a link to the specs
> http://vk3ajj.com/documents/utils.php?action=download&filename=FTM10.pdf
>
>
> i called up vk3ajj today and they said it comes in in 3 weeks and its
> under $600 might get this instead of the 7800R
>
>
> Daniel Walters
> VK2FDGW
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