Hi. I got the bug for a new radio early this month amd ordered a FT-891. Now, they say it won’t come until June 8th. Then, I started to look at the G90 and expected to be unimpressed. However, the more I read about it, the more impressed I get. It looks like it would be nice for outdoor, fair weather portable operations at the local park. I like the CW digital filters and the waterfall display, as well as the antenna tuner. A lower power radio would not need as large of a battery. In addition, I want a radio to bring out on the deck to run to a 31 foot random wire fed with a 9:1 unun.
I did see that the G1M model they have had problems with input and output jacks getting loose and did not know if this radio had that problem. Then, I got to worrying that if they build the G1M poorly is this how the G90 is? I have a IC706 Mark I that I giot about 25 or so years ago, and the FT-891 was just an upgrade for that. (My IC-706 is a little deaf, but built like a Russian tank.)
So, what do you guys think? Would you go with the FT-891 or with the G90?