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AND DXERS USE AN AMPLIFIER.  I COULDNT RESIST TRYING SOME OF THE MANY
FEATURES OF THE TFT SCREEN.  FIRST, I PLUGGED IN A KEYBOARD AND USED THE
INTERNAL LOGBOOK.  I COULDNT USE THE ROTATOR CONTROL SCREEN SINCE IT IS
MADE TO WORK ONLY WITH YAESU ROTATORS.  WHILE MANY OF THE FEATURES MAY BE
CONVENIENT, MANY ARE ALSO FOUND IN MOST OF TODAYS POPULAR LOGGING AND
CONTEST PROGRAMS.  ALTHOUGH THE DISPLAY LOOKS IMPRESSIVE WHEN RUNNING ON A
LARGE OUTBOARD LCD MONITOR I FEEL THAT THE TFT SCREEN HAS MORE FEATURES
THAN ARE NECESSARY.  YAESU OFFERS AN FTDX9000 CONTEST VERSION, SO IF YOU
DONT REQUIRE THE EYE CANDY, THE CONTEST MODEL WITHOUT THE SCREEN MAY BE
WORTH LOOKING INTO.  HF DIGITAL WITH THE FTDX9000D REVIEWED BY STEVE FORD,
WB8IMY QST EDITOR AND PUBLICATIONS MANAGER THE MOST POPULAR HF DIGITAL MODE
FOR CASUAL OPERATION IS PSK31, WHILE RTTY IS STILL A HEAVY CONTENDER IN
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