With the imminent release of the new Yaesu FTX-1F, anyone care to speculate if the
FT-991A will receive an upgrade/replacement any time soon?
Perhaps with an FTX-1F-ish display upgrade, plus some other goodies?
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Yaesu FT-991B ??
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43Echo695
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Yaesu FT-991B ??
Hi Forum,
With the imminent release of the new Yaesu FTX-1F, anyone care to speculate if the
FT-991A will receive an upgrade/replacement any time soon?
Perhaps with an FTX-1F-ish display upgrade, plus some other goodies?
73
With the imminent release of the new Yaesu FTX-1F, anyone care to speculate if the
FT-991A will receive an upgrade/replacement any time soon?
Perhaps with an FTX-1F-ish display upgrade, plus some other goodies?
73
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MrWeetabix
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Re: Yaesu FT-991B ??
The 991A was already an upgrade to the 991 so unsure. What would you like to see added to the 991 to make it a worthwhile upgrade vs a newly developped radio? :-)
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Ant
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Re: Yaesu FT-991B ??
I have the 991, it's ok, but there isn't really anything the 991A has which would make me want one.
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Otter
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Re: Yaesu FT-991B ??
A continuously updating spectrum scope. Having used an Icom 7300, the FT991 felt quite deficient.
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Ant
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Re: Yaesu FT-991B ??
The 991 has that also, but granted it's nice have it running with the audio on the A version.
For HF I do prefer my 7300.
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A shack (or, less often, shanty) is a type of small, often primitive shelter or dwelling - Wikipedia
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Otter
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Re: Yaesu FT-991B ??
The 991 doesn't have a continuously updating spectrum scope.
On the 991, as I'm sure you know, you have to press a button every time you want to do a single sweep and the sound mutes while it is doing it. I find that a bit crap*y.
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Ant
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Re: Yaesu FT-991B ??
Yes it does.
Press and hold Sweep......
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A shack (or, less often, shanty) is a type of small, often primitive shelter or dwelling - Wikipedia
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Whisky1
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Re: Yaesu FT-991B ??
Had the 991 and the A.............Boring radio and lack lustre on vhf/uhf and the c4fm decode is trash, Icom 7100 far better radio and I like my Yaesu radios. What we need is a multimode vhf/uhf c4fm in a ft710 case.