Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!spuxll!abnjh!u1100a!pyuxn!pyuxww!gamma!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!ERWINVL.DLOS@XEROX.ARPA From: ERWINVL.DLOS@XEROX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Re: HF Transceivers Message-ID: <1017@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 08:45:19 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1017 Posted: Tue Jun 19 08:45:19 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 06:33:24 EDT Lines: 19 PETER... I ALSO HAVE A 757. MINE IS AT YAESU FOR REPAIR AFTER A 61ST DAY FAILURE. I ATTENDED THE HAMCOM CONVENTION HERE IN DALLAS RECENTLY ES THE YAESU BOOTH WAS ATTACKED BY ANGRY HAMS COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR 757'S. IT SEEMS THAT MANY OF THE 757'S WIL OSCILLATE WHEN OPPERATING 10 ES 15 METERS. BE SURE AND CHECK YOURS FOR THIS. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE ALSO SAYING THE FM DIDN'T WORK. TOWARDS THE END OF THE CONVENTION, THE YAESU PEOPLE WERE GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED WHEN ANYBODY EVEN MENTIONED THE 757. I STILL THINK IT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING A VERY GOOD RIG BUT THEY ARE QUITE OBVIOUSLY HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT. ANY WAY, I HAVE BEEN ASSURED BY THE YAESU SERVICE MANAGER THAT MINE WIL RETURNED WITH THE LATEST UPDATES WHICH IS REASSURING. YAESU CLAIMS THESE RADIOS ARE PUT TOGETHER BY ROBOTICS....PERHAPS MY RADIO WAS ASSEMBLED BY A ROBOT WITH A SAKE HANGOVER?? W5PPUT DALLAS, TX