I intend to buy a handheld.

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Flyingmonk,

Anyone have
experiences w/ the Yaesu's?


My wife sells them in her pilot shop. Great units, people love them.
Very compact and light weight, water resistant. The 710 is more compact
than the cheaper 300 and runs on LiIon batteries. If you use it as an
emergency back-up, get the battery box for non-rechargables, since they
will hold charge much longer.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thanks Thomas BTW, my little brother is named Thomas also 8^)

What's Yaesu's latest and smallest com only model out right now? Price
and size? How much shipping to east coast? Cheaper 4 me to buy
locally maybe? Is quality competitive with Icoms?

Thanks again,
Monk

Flyingmonk,

What's Yaesu's latest and smallest com only model out right now?

They quit upgrading the comm only models with the 150. Guess it's no big
deal to add nav once you have it figured out. Their most compact is the
VXA-710. More info at http://www.vertexstandard.com

Price
and size? How much shipping to east coast? Cheaper 4 me to buy
locally maybe?

Absolutely buy in the US. My wife's shop is in Germany ;-) Pilotmall.com
or Avshop.com will sell them.

Is quality competitive with Icoms?


Absolutely. Yaesu/Vertex Standard is a major ham radio manufacturer with
decades of experience, just like Icom.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I agree. I have the VXA-700 because it has two-meter FM along with the
standard aviation stuff. Another neat feature is it displays battery
voltage in the lower right corner so you know when it's time to put it
on the charger.

Thomas Borchert wrote:

Flyingmonk,


What's Yaesu's latest and smallest com only model out right now?


They quit upgrading the comm only models with the 150. Guess it's no big
deal to add nav once you have it figured out. Their most compact is the
VXA-710. More info at http://www.vertexstandard.com


Price
and size? How much shipping to east coast? Cheaper 4 me to buy
locally maybe?


Absolutely buy in the US. My wife's shop is in Germany ;-) Pilotmall.com
or Avshop.com will sell them.


Is quality competitive with Icoms?



Absolutely. Yaesu/Vertex Standard is a major ham radio manufacturer with
decades of experience, just like Icom.

Newps,

I have the VXA-700 because it has two-meter FM along with the
standard aviation stuff.


Unfortunately, the 700 is not available anymore. The 710 is the 700
without the 2-meter band. Apparently (it was never clearly said) there
were FCC issues with the 2-meter leaking into the airband or vice
versa. All of a sudden, they stopped offering the 700 with no real
explanation. That was about a year ago.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Well, glad I got mine when I did.



Thomas Borchert wrote:

Newps,


I have the VXA-700 because it has two-meter FM along with the
standard aviation stuff.



Unfortunately, the 700 is not available anymore. The 710 is the 700
without the 2-meter band. Apparently (it was never clearly said) there
were FCC issues with the 2-meter leaking into the airband or vice
versa. All of a sudden, they stopped offering the 700 with no real
explanation. That was about a year ago.