‰  NOW 40 WPM  ‰  TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2005 QST  PAGES 53 AND 103  ‰
THAT IT PUTS OUT 400 W INSTEAD OF THE 200 OF THE D MODEL, AND IT HAS A
SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY WITH SPEAKER.  IT ALSO HAS THE OPTION OF EITHER THE
TFT DISPLAY OR THE ADDITIONAL METERS AND CONTROLS WITH THE SMALL LCD PANEL
AS IS OFFERED IN THE CONTEST MODEL.  SO 
‰  FROM PAGE 103  ‰
IK2BHX/333 IK4MFP/332 IK4MGP/331 IK5ACO/333 IK5FTV/330 IK8FUN/334

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
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PRODUCTION RADIOS.  FIRST IMPRESSIONS THE PICTURES DONT DO JUSTICE TO THE
SIZE OF THIS RADIO.  ITS WIDTH AT 20R4 INCHES ALLOWS THE CONTROLS TO BE
SPACED FAR ENOUGH APART TO ALLOW EACH TO BE OPERATED EASILY.  AND CONTROLS
IT HAS.  I COUNTED 37 ROTARY CONTROLS AND 96 PUSH BUTTONS ON THE FRONT
PANEL.  WHATS NICE ABOUT THIS IS THAT MANY CONTROLS SERVE A SINGLE FUNCTION
WITH MENU FUNCTIONS AND SOFT BUTTONS MOSTLY RESERVED FOR THE TFT DISPLAY.
I FOUND ALL THE CONTROLS TO BE OF USER FRIENDLY SIZE NO TWEEZERS REQUIRED.
THE CONTROLS PROVIDE LOTS OF FLEXIBILITY AND FEATURES FOR THE DIFFERENT
OPERATIONAL MODES, ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO CUSTOMIZE THE RECEIVE AND
TRANSMIT PARAMETERS THROUGH VARIABLE IF BASED DSP TO SUIT A GIVEN SET OF
REQUIREMENTS FROM HEAVY DUTY CONTESTING TO CASUAL AM OPERATING.
COMPARISONS TO THE ICOM IC 7800, ICOMS ENTRY IN THE SAME MARKET NICHE, ARE
PERHAPS UNAVOIDABLE.  BOTH ARE LARGE, HEAVY RADIOS, WITH THE 9000D WEIGHING
EVEN MORE THAN THE 7800.  THE EXTRA SIZE AND WEIGHT MAY BE MORE THAN OFFSET
‰  FROM PAGE 103  ‰
DL2VPO/328 DL5ME/327 DL6YK/355 DL7FP/347 DL7HZ/365 DL7UX/339 DL8CM/367
DL8VN/339 DL9NC/351 DS2BGV/327 EA1BC/368 EA1FD/354 EA1KK/333 EA4BT/332
‰  END OF 40 WPM TEXT  ‰  QST DE W1AW  ƒ