Robert for personal reasons does not currently have the time to start using it himself, so he turned up on my doorstep with the unopened box, telling me “have a go, and tell me if it works and if you like it or not”. So, the FT-991 was duly bought and delivered. Having VHF and UHF in the same box is obviously nice to have too. Obviously the transceiver should be rugged and reliable. This use case means that space is at a premium, the FT-991 having a built-in antenna tuner is a definite plus.
One of my friends, Robert PE1MJA, recently decided to buy his first ever HF transceiver.Īmongst other uses he wants to take it aboard of his 26ft sailing vessel when he sails on the open sea, in other words outside of VHF mariphone range. Here is his newest a user review of the new Yaesu FT-991 radio, the successor of the Yaesu FT-897D radio. Wilko PA1WBU already wrote a few articles for the PA2OLD website.
This article was originally published: April 17, 2015 June 7 2015: New video added, see bottom of the page: Testing FT 991 on 2m. Februari 9, 2016: In Dutch – Hoe de AM modulatie in te stellen, zie: AMATEURTELE.COM: Yaesu FT-991
