‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2005 QST PAGES 57 AND 103 ‰ RECEIVED CW SIGNALS. THIS WAS MORE TROUBLESOME AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND TENDED TO RUN CHARACTER ELEMENTS TOGETHER. YAESU REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND A FIX FOR THIS AS WELL. THE MANUAL WE HAD WAS AN EARLY ONE. A NEW MORE COMPLETE MANUAL SET FOUR VOLUMES, INCLUDING ONE DEDICATED TO REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION IS NOW AVAILABLE AND WILL BE SENT TO EARLY PURCHASERS OR CAN BE VIEWED ON THE YAESU WEB SITE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS RADIO. IMPRESSIONS OF THE FTDX9000D IN A CW CONTEST ENVIRONMENT REVIEWED BY DAVID SUMNER, K1ZZ ARRL CEO GETTING TO KNOW THE FTDX9000D ITS BIG. THAT WAS MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE FTDX9000D. IT IS MORE THAN 4 INCHES WIDER AND DEEPER THAN THE FT 1000MP THAT USUALLY OCCUPIES THE LEFT SIDE OF MY TWO RADIO HF OPERATING POSITION. LIFT IT AND YOU WILL ADD, AND HEAVY. PLUG IT IN AND TURN IT ON, AND THE DISPLAY MAY REMIND YOU MORE OF AN AIRPLANE ‰ FROM PAGE 103 ‰ N1KC/329 N2EDF/332 N2VA/333 N3HBX/330 N4CW/339 N4EA/356 N4EX/332 N4GE/340 ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ