In anticipation of my passing the General Class examination this Saturday and gaining new frequency privileges, I have purchased a Yaesu FT-857D. I was the winning bidder for a like-new example on eBay. The FT-857D is a very compact HF/VHF/UHF mobile transceiver suitable for base station, mobile, or portable work. This particular model was a fairly easy choice because of it's suitability for SOTA, as well as the almost universal praise for it that I have read online.
It is still shipping but I am anxiously awaiting its arrival. I anticipate using it mostly for single sideband (ssb) operation during SOTA activations.
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