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CONTROL PANEL THAN OF ANY RADIO YOUVE PREVIOUSLY SEEN.  NOR IS THIS A RADIO
TO BE PILOTED WITHOUT SERIOUS TIME IN FLIGHT SCHOOL BEFOREHAND.  MY MISSION
WAS TO TRY THE FTDX9000D DURING THE CQ WORLD WIDE WPX CW CONTEST ON THE
LAST WEEKEND IN MAY.  I DECIDED NOT TO MAKE A SERIOUS EFFORT, BUT TO SPEND
AS MUCH TIME AS I COULD EVALUATING THE RECEIVER UNDER COMPETITIVE
CONDITIONS.  IT WAS A GOOD DECISION FOR SEVERAL REASONS, NOT THE LEAST OF
WHICH WAS THE STEEP LEARNING CURVE FOR A RADIO WITH 37 KNOBS AND LITERALLY
DOZENS OF PUSH BUTTONS, A NUMBER OF THEM WITH CRYPTIC LABELS AND UNUSUAL
FUNCTIONS.  OH, AND THEN THERE ARE THE 160 MENU FUNCTIONS.  IT WOULD TAKE
HOURS TO QUALIFY TO SOLO ON THIS RIG, BUT IT HELPED THAT I WAS ONLY
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N4LUF/333 N4ONI/333 N4TX/339 N5IN/328 N6DX/366 N6MG/346 N6SW/345 N7SEJ/330
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