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Competent All-Around 2-Meter Mobile Transceiver
The Yaesu FT-2800M is a solidly-built and well-designed 2-meter transceiver. It is mechanically robust, and relatively heavy for its size. It is obviously built with mobile use in mind, and includes the brackets and screws required for mounting the radio in a vehicle. Yaesu has two lines of 2-meter mobile transceivers, this one, and the FT-1802 series which is considerably smaller. The FT-2800M differs primarily in size and cooling method, as it is built in a massive heat-sink casting, and is meant to be passively cooled (i.e. there is neither need nor provision for a fan). The display is quite large and readable.
Monica (N6PSD) and I own four of the FT-2800M radios, one for each building, plus one for each vehicle. Many years ago we decided that in order to get the best use out of our VHF radio equipment, that we should standardize on one model of radio, so that we both would know how to operate the controls on all of the radios. Our previous standard radio type was the Icom IC-28A/H, which served us very well for nearly 20 years, but which was not capable of some of the newer modes and features which we believed were necessary (multiple sub-audible tone squelch being the primary lack). So in 2006 we decided to upgrade all of the radios, and after some investigation, decided to standardize on the Yaesu FT-2800M. This has proven to be an excellent choice.
Features and Specification: >>> http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=106&encProdID=F111F6B21D7F46EDD122C1706B70F543&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0
The Yaesu FT-2800M is a solidly-built and well-designed 2-meter transceiver. It is mechanically robust, and relatively heavy for its size. It is obviously built with mobile use in mind, and includes the brackets and screws required for mounting the radio in a vehicle. Yaesu has two lines of 2-meter mobile transceivers, this one, and the FT-1802 series which is considerably smaller. The FT-2800M differs primarily in size and cooling method, as it is built in a massive heat-sink casting, and is meant to be passively cooled (i.e. there is neither need nor provision for a fan). The display is quite large and readable.
Monica (N6PSD) and I own four of the FT-2800M radios, one for each building, plus one for each vehicle. Many years ago we decided that in order to get the best use out of our VHF radio equipment, that we should standardize on one model of radio, so that we both would know how to operate the controls on all of the radios. Our previous standard radio type was the Icom IC-28A/H, which served us very well for nearly 20 years, but which was not capable of some of the newer modes and features which we believed were necessary (multiple sub-audible tone squelch being the primary lack). So in 2006 we decided to upgrade all of the radios, and after some investigation, decided to standardize on the Yaesu FT-2800M. This has proven to be an excellent choice.
Features and Specification: >>> http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=106&encProdID=F111F6B21D7F46EDD122C1706B70F543&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0
Selling Price: MYR 899.00
