‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ VIRTUALLY ALL OF ITS DISPLAY FUNCTIONS, WHILE THE 9000D OFFERS MULTIPLE DISPLAYS A LARGE COLOR TFT FOR INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS FUNCTIONS MORE LATER, PLUS TWO ANALOG DARSONVAL METERS AND AN LCD PANEL FOR PRIMARY FREQUENCY READOUT AS SHOWN IN THE ABOVE FIGURE. MOVING THE S METERS OUT OF THE TFT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE FOR THE DISPLAY OF OTHER INFORMATION. THE 9000D HAS A FAN, BUT I HAD TO OPEN IT UP TO BE SURE, SINCE I COULDNT EVER HEAR IT. SOME OF THE WEIGHT GOES TOWARD EXTRA COOLING CAPACITY. AND THOSE OTHER VERSIONS? WE HAVENT HAD OUR HANDS ON THE OTHER TWO VERSIONS, BUT THEY WERE PREVIEWED IN THE FTDX9000D MANUAL. THE FTDX9000 CONTEST WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A SEMI CUSTOM UNIT. IN ITS BASE ‰ FROM PAGE 103 ‰ G3LNS/350 G4DYO/341 G4OWT/329 G4WFZ/333 GW3AHN/378 HA1RW/331 HA3HP/327 ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ