[VHFcontesting] FT=991A

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I Didnt see any responses for June so I will chime in.  I ran an FT991A in the January contest, FM category. I did some ssb to help others when it was slow on FM.

I love the radio.  Fantastic on RX.  I could work stations right through our local Jammer who shuts down repeater nets freaquently.  The ability to easily adjust mike gain on the fly with a programmable knob let me reach stations that I never could have before.  The sensitivity and noise rejection let me run zero squelch most of the time with readable audio coming through.

On TX I had a clean signal after going through a TE Sytems amp on 2m and "barefoot" on 70cm.  6m rocked.  I penetrated into 3000 ft deep valleys and had the RX quality to hear the responses.

Since January I have done HF qso's on a long wire into eastern Europe. California (from  VA) and end fire to Canada and FL with the rigs 100w.  

I am a new ham. This is my first HF/VHF/UHF shack in a box rig.  It has surpassed my expectations

73
John
KM4KMU

  

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On Monday, June 12, 2017 MERLE COX <w7yoz at centurylink.net> wrote:
I would like to know how the new FT991A   performed in the contest this weekend if anyone out there used one.  Thanks for responding. Merle W7YOZ CN87 _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting at contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting