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Reviews For: Yaesu FT-8000R

Category: Transceivers: VHF/UHF+ Amateur Base/Mobile (non hand-held)

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Review Summary For : Yaesu FT-8000R
Reviews: 21MSRP: 659.95
Description:
VHF radio
Product is not in production
More Info: http://www.vertexstandard.com
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AA2T Rating: 1999-10-25
Good in band performance, too many trips to repair Time Owned: unknown months.
The 8000/8100 have been around for a few years. A bit deaf out of the ham bands especially @800Mhz. I have had it back twice for problems, once the power board went ($40) and then later the 2Mtr side somewhere on the board burned up ($190 - ouch). I have mostly run
the thing with the mid power level settings, very rarely do I run full power so having it
repaired twice is not a good sign. Kept low vswr and enough +12V to it to meet the requirements.

Occasionally I will hit something on the front panel and mess up a settings so having the manual around is required, since some of the settings are tough to remember. Also, not all
the settings are viewable at nite.

I would stay away as a used rig.