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Old 06-23-2017, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill R View Post
I am looking to do 2 meter and 440 separately from HF. I already have the Yaesu ft-980 for HF. I will need to add a tuner for it though.
The FT450D's aren't on sale now, so they'll cost you $779. I paid over $100 less for mine a couple years ago, but it was after a $100 Christmas rebate. The 450D isn't a top of the line model, but it does have more features than most HF/6 meter rigs in the under $1000 category. The built-in tuner works great, as long as you just need some fine-tuning to get things down to 1:1. You're not going to be tuning up a piece of gutter and downspout with it, but it will bring a 3:1 SWR ratio down to where the radio sees 1:1. The DSP features are handy, and it has a good roofing filter.

I've been thinking about a Yaesu FTDX1200, which are on sale for $1039. I've heard several on the air, and all the guys I've talked to that have them love them.
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