Subj : Re: great 1st contact on new rig
To : Corey Reichle
From : Andrew Haworth
Date : Fri Aug 12 2016 06:45 pm
On 08/12/16, Corey Reichle said the following...
CR> Well, it was before my time, so to speak. I've been licensed since
CR> 2008, and at that time, the FT-817, 857, and 897's were the "bee's
CR> knees".
Only been licensed since 2011 myself. I bought the 847 used. Completed WAS
and most of DXCC on it before I built a K3. It was great because I could use
it for 2m SSB or for a repeater, etc. I thought it was decent on HF but
didn't really have anything else to compare it to at the time.
