[Yaesu] Re: [CQ-Contest] FT-920 advice- Thanks

[kb4zax@juno.com]

MY FT-920 has VOX right next to the MOX switch! Use my rig mostly for
M.A.R.S. ops and I wouldn't part with it! also inrad DOES have filters
for this rig. (digital voice/cw recorder is nice too!)

On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:50:38 -0700 "Milt Jensen, N5IA" <miltj@aepnet.com>
writes:
>
>Bill,
>        One of the transceivers provided by Yaesu for the XZ1N 
>DXpedition
>to Myanmar last fall was the FT-920.
>        In brief, no member of the seasoned group of operators was
>impressed by the operation or    of the FT-920.
>        To start with, the unit does not have VOX.  The only way to 
>key the
>radio without the hand microphone is the front panel MOX button.  We 
>were
>using headsets with boom mikes so the hands would be free to computer
>keyboard log, etc.  In order to get this radio on the air on SSB, we 
>had to
>sandwich a J-38 hand key between two heavy pieces of cardboard and 
>hold it
>together with duct tape to make a foot switch.
>        It does not have any extra filters or facility for adding 
>extra
>filters. This lack was extremely evident during the CQ WW CW contest 
>and
>the many times this radio was used on CW during the tree week stint in 
>Yangon.
>        Don't read this wrong.  It is a decent, all in one radio.  We 
>made
>over 300 6 meter contacts with it, both SSB and CW.  And it made 
>perhaps
>6,000 SSB contacts and 4,000 CW contacts on 20, 17, 15, 12, & 10 
>Meters.
>It was never used on 160, 80, or 40 Meters as it has no facility for 
>a
>separate receive antenna input.
>        I would not recommend this transceiver as a serious 
>DXpedition
>radio nor as a serious contest radio.
>        If you would like a deeper analysis of various other 
>deficiencies
>and shortcomings, E-mail me and I will put you in touch with the 
>individual
>that did the in depth wring out of the radio.  This includes the CW 
>and
>computer interface, the receiver analysis, and the amplifier 
>interface.
>        73, es GL de Milt, N5IA 
>
>At 07:38 PM 3/18/99 -0600, Bill Aycock wrote:
>>
>>Many of you answered me query about the FT-920, some on the list- 
>some off.
>> I am answering them, but a summary is in order.
>>
>>Except for one person, the most negative thing was "it isnt as good 
>as an
>>FT1000". One person said I should forget it- go ahead and bite the 
>bullet-
>>get a 1000.
>>
>>Two people recommended a web site that was very helpful- gave 
>specifics of
>>the manual faults, and the radios quirks.
>>
>>Most answers were quit positive. I am reinforced in my choice- I 
>thank you
>>all.
>>
>>Bill- W4BSG
>>-
>>Bill Aycock   ---   Persimmon Hill 
>> Woodville, Alabama, US 35776
>> (in the N.E. corner of the State)
>>      W4BSG   --   Grid EM64vr
>>        baycock@HiWAAY.net
>>
>>
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