[VHFcontesting] [VHF] Yaesu FT991 upgrade

[David Carlson]

Or you could get an older rig like an IC-746, put a panoramic adapter tap board from G4HUP in it (easy, solder 3 wires), buy an RTL SDR dongle (< $20), download HDSDR software (free), download Omni Rig control software (free) and have a complete second receiver with spectrum and waterfall display on a full-sized screen, independent tuning or with rig control. It won't have 432, but it will be +3db versus the 991 on 2m TX.
Dave AA9D
 

    On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:58 PM, Jim Worsham via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu> wrote:
 

 Yeah, I looked at this at the Huntsville hamfest this past weekend.  Very nice.  I just wish there was a way to put that screen on a larger external monitor.  There is a lot of stuff on that small screen.

73
Jim, W4KXY

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> On Aug 23, 2016, at 2:27 PM, John Geiger via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> Yaesu has just upgraded the FT991 to the FT991A which features a real time
> bandscope/waterfall-like on the Icom 756 series where the audio is not
> muted while the bandscope is going.  So far I think it is the only
> HF/VHF/UHF rig to have one. Certainly makes it more attractive in my mind.
> 
> See:  http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/4991.html
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
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