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THE FREQUENCY GOES UP, LEFT AND THE FREQUENCY GOES DOWN AND IT PROBABLY HAS
THE BEST FEEL OF ANY IVE EVER TWIRLED.  THE VFO B TUNING KNOB IS ALSO
SMOOTH, BUT IS SMALLER AND PERFORMS THREE OTHER FUNCTIONS CLARIFIER,
BANDSWITCH AND MEMORY CHANNEL SELECTOR. 
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PT7WX/337 PT7YS/369 RZ1AZ/328 SM7BHH/336 TA2BK/338 TI2CC/346 U5WF/373

THE TFT ALLOWS A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.  IN ADDITION TO MENU
SELECTION, SOME OF THE KEY DISPLAY CHOICES ARE A WORLD CLOCK SHOWING TWO
TIME ZONES I SET ONE FOR LOCAL TIME AND ONE FOR GMT ALONG WITH A WORLD MAP
PROVIDING AN APPROXIMATION OF AREAS OF SUNLIGHT AND DARKNESS.  A REAL TIME
SPECTRUM ANALYZER THAT DISPLAYS A SPAN OF 25 KHZ TO 2R5 MHZ IN SEVEN STEPS
FOR ONE OR BOTH RECEIVERS.  A UNIQUE LIMITED BANDWIDTH SWEEP FUNCTION CAN
BE EMPLOYED TO INCREASE THE SPEED AND RESOLUTION OF A PORTION OF THE
DISPLAY IF DESIRED.  IT CAN ALSO DISPLAY A WATERFALL VERSION WITH A
VERTICAL TIME AXIS.  AN OSCILLOSCOPE WITH AUDIO SPECTRUM ANALYZER THAT CAN
OBSERVE TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE AUDIO WAVEFORMS.  IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES A PLACE
FOR A LOGBOOK WITH DATA ENTRY VIA A KEYBOARD NOT SUPPLIED.  IT CAN CONTROL
THE POSITION OF CURRENT YAESU ANTENNA ROTATORS WITH A DISPLAY OF ANTENNA
AZIMUTH OR BEARING OR DIRECTION ON A GREAT CIRCLE MAP THE GREAT CIRCLE MAP
IS CENTERED ON YOUR QTH AND CAN BE USED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE ROTATOR
CONTROL.  MEMORY CHANNELS CAN BE ANNOTATED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE AS SHOWN IN
FIGURE 7.  SOME FEATURES MAY BE MORE USEFUL TO ONE OPERATOR THAN ANOTHER,
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K4YA/335 K4ZLE/335 K5AB/327 K5EYT/328 K5TA/339 K5VVA/335 K5YU/332 K6ESL/330
K6KT/342 K6ND/331 K6QH/360 K6TWU/350 K6WAP/338 K6ZH/336 K7CLU/338 K7HG/329
K7TCL/340 K8JJC/335 K8MK/333 K9NB/341 K9QFR/344 K9WA/339 KB8GWL/331
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BUT THEYRE ALL THERE IF YOU HAVE A VERSION WITH A DISPLAY OPTION.  A FEW
ROUGH EDGES WE NOTED A FEW AREAS THAT NEED SOME ATTENTION IN THIS RADIO.
THE FIRST UNIT WE TESTED ACTUALLY HAD AN RF GAIN CONTROL, OR CONNECTION TO
THE CONTROL, FAIL DURING OUR LAB TESTING.  FORTUNATELY, WITH THE HELP OF
YAESU TECHNICAL SUPPORT, WE WERE ABLE TO USE A MENU COMMAND TO MOVE THAT
FUNCTION TO A WORKING CONTROL NORMALLY ON THE B RECEIVER, AND MAKE USE OF
THE RADIO WITH A SINGLE RECEIVER FOR OPERATIONAL TESTING WHILE WE OBTAINED
ANOTHER RADIO FOR LAB TESTING.  THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANY EQUIPMENT AND I
WOULDNT THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN ANY MORE OFTEN HERE THAN ON ANY OTHER RADIO.
WHILE THE TFT DISPLAY PROVIDES MANY USEFUL FUNCTIONS, ONE LIKELY TO BE UP A
LOT WOULD BE THE WORLD TIME CLOCK.  UNFORTUNATELY, OUR UNIT DID NOT PROVIDE
AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF DAYLIGHT AND DARK AREAS MAKING IT LESS USEFUL THAN
IT COULD BE.  YAESU INDICATES THAT THEY HAVE A FIX THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
TO ALL.  DAVE ALSO OBSERVED A NOTICEABLE THUMP ON THE LEADING EDGE OF
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KC2BW/336 KC6H/334 KD6EU/333 KE1F/338 KE2S/339 KS9R/337 KT1V/330 KX7J/344
LA3XI/346 LA9CE/356 LX1DA/330 LX2KQ/333 N0IJ/337 N1ALR/334 N1CNC/333
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