The Yaesu FT-950 has arrived.
The Yaesu FT-950 - detail |
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It’s here and it’s all hooked up and working. There are still a few things to check out but so far so good. The Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) software is installed and rig control is now working after some initial problems (of which more in a later post). MMTTY is configured and I’m QRV for RTTY. I’ve turned everything off now for the night but I’ll hope to try PSK31 tomorrow night and maybe get CW keying working for contest operating (I use CWType). Beyond that it’ll be getting to grips with the HRD software which is all new to me but widely used and respected so I’m keen to adopt it here. |
The pictures really don’t do the FT-950 justice - in the flesh it’s bigger than I expected and it really has presence sat here on the desk. I have yet to get to grips with all of the radios many advanced features but early indications are that it’s a radio I’ll very much enjoy using. More to follow, but for now…it’s bedtime.