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.

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