‰ NOW 35 WPM ‰ YAESU FTDX9000D HF AND 6 METER TRANSCEIVER YAESU SHOWED THE WORLD A PREVIEW OF ITS TOP OF THE LINE FTDX9000D AT THE 2004 DAYTON HAMVENTION TO THE INTEREST AND ACCOLADES OF MANY IN THE CONTEST AND DXER COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS OTHERS WANTING TO STAY UP WITH THE LATEST IN TECHNOLOGY AND FEATURES. THE HIGH PERFORMANCE FTDX9000D TRANSCEIVER IS NOW GENERALLY AVAILABLE AND MANY WILL CONSIDER ITS PERFORMANCE AND REFINEMENT WELL WORTH THE WAIT. WHILE AT THE TOP OF YAESUS LINEUP, CURRENT YAESU FT 1000 SERIES OWNERS MAY FIND IT AN EASY TRANSITION TO GET TO KNOW THIS HIGH PERFORMANCE RADIO. PERHAPS RADIOS WOULD BE A MORE ACCURATE TERM TO DESCRIBE THIS SET, SINCE IT IS THE FIRST TRANSCEIVER IM AWARE OF THAT CAN ACTUALLY OPERATE IN SINGLE OPERATOR TWO RADIO SO2R MODE FROM A SINGLE BOX. FOR THE NON CONTESTER, THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE LISTENING ON ONE BAND WHILE TRANSMITTING ON ANOTHER. BY THE WAY, WHILE ONLY ONE VERSION OF THE 9000 WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF OUR TESTING, THERE WILL BE THREE VERSIONS OFFERED, AS WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER. ONE OF THE VERSIONS CAN BE ALMOST CUSTOM MADE TO MEET YOUR SPECIFICATIONS, PERHAPS A NEW CONCEPT FOR ‰ FROM PAGE 103 ‰ 327 5B4AFB/327 9A5CY/327 AAOFT/331 AA8OY/330 AB6QM/328 AC2P/338 AC4S/333 AC8W/335 AD8J/338 AE6Y/339 AF5M/345 AG1I/342 CT1APE/327 CX4HS/333 DF2RG/336 DF2UU/333 DF3FI/335 DJ0LC/338 DJ8WD/336 DK3PZ/347 DK9KD/342 DL1AMQ/334 ‰ END OF 35 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ