They can't be trusted enough to purchase anything new, that hasn't been given at least a year on the market, to expose all manufacturing defects.So.................how do you gentlemen really feel about Yaesu??
2nd this...
Well that goes for anything electronic. From computers to radios even cars. Its not just yaesu. I am a yaesu guy and proud of it. My ftdx3000d, ftdx101d, ftdx10 and ft891 all are outstanding radios. Love em! I HATE YAESU! Hahahaha, just stop. If you dont like them than so be it. No need to spread hate and discontent. I dont care for icom too much, it doesn't make me run around crying i hate icom, worthless garbage. Nope, its just not for me
Having done factory warranty work for Yaesu at Lentini communicatins for a decade, I'm well qualified to point out they are in the leed by far in terms of releasing equipment for sale with defects. To add insult to injury, the company is highly resistant to fixing their mistakes or publishing service bulletins, to facilitate repairs.
VERY evident - as if they knew a problem was going to occur.
And if you re-read my statement @groundwire ...
You'll see that the effort of my post is not to truly "Bash" Yeasu - it is really from the lack of consideration from the radio manufacturing umbrella of companies - this puts Yeasu inclusive, for the backing of their products knowing their shortcomings in efforts of durability on the field.
IF you produce a lemon, try to make lemonade - Keep producing Lemons the problem with that is, you will run out of sugar eventually.
Or perhaps learning not to change horses in mid-stream - not a good idea to struggle against strong currents while underway equates the Thru-Hole versus SMD argument; Discrete's gives the field tech the edge in getting back up and running far faster than to pay up front shipping handling only to get it returned with a note saying could not recreate condition of customer complaint - with it being returned in the same condition You wasted a radio, field day ,your time and money - for a bitter wheel - chock ending.
Understand that the construction of ALL said equipment is not in question. the Quality of effort put into them to keep their reliability - when they use a different method of assembly and their failure to back their warranty on it - is.
My beef was/is with the SMD versus Discrete - the changeover without truly testing or providing the service level needed to overcome said problems with earlier generation SMD equipment - was, and is,
Well, the 1000D is an excellent radio. So much so, I'm looking for another clean one to install my AM mods. That and the TS- 940 are my two all time favorite HF rigs for two reasons. They are reliable, top performers for decades and when they fail, I'm still able to fix anything I want inside. Yaesu certainly made lots of good equipment but they also have many duds that took revisions to correct after the sale.
