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OPTIMA MKII

OK so here,s my take on the optima MKII . I normally use this forum and other,s to read reviews on new radios that are either on the market or soon to be . Well after reading all the rave reviews I decided to pull the trigger and purchase three units from Dave at yeticom . The radio,s arrived perfectly pack and did not take as long as I had thought considering they are shipped from HongKong . Out of the three radios I found a problem with (one) the VFO/switch. As I started to turn the VFO the radio would go into a scanning frenzy The only way to stop it from scanning would be to push the PTT . I contacted Dave and explained the problem in which he contacts Goodwill and has the radio shipped back for repair at there expense . Now for the good . Compared to the 257 this radio well run circles around it . The receiver alone is by far way better . The knobs don,t wiggle up and down/side to side like the 257 they feel tight . The IF filter works great just be ready to pump up the volume a bit so you can hear the radio . I had read somewhere that this radio can be considered a AM machine . The radio sounds real good on AM but it lacks that loud audio some AM Operator like . SSB/FM are off the wall fantastic . All in all I am quite happy with these radios just waiting to see what happen,s with the unit I had to send back . Thanks Roberto KC2IHD (I will keep everyone informed of any new issue,s/problems)

<blockquote data-quote="shortchange" data-source="post: 356023" data-attributes="member: 1211">OPTIMA MKIIOK so here,s my take on the optima MKII . I normally use this forum and other,s to read reviews on new radios that are either on the market or soon to be . Well after reading all the rave reviews I decided to pull the trigger and purchase three units from Dave at yeticom . The radio,s arrived perfectly pack and did not take as long as I had thought considering they are shipped from HongKong . Out of the three radios I found a problem with (one) the VFO/switch. As I started to turn the VFO the radio would go into a scanning frenzy The only way to stop it from scanning would be to push the PTT . I contacted Dave and explained the problem in which he contacts Goodwill and has the radio shipped back for repair at there expense . Now for the good . Compared to the 257 this radio well run circles around it . The receiver alone is by far way better . The knobs don,t wiggle up and down/side to side like the 257 they feel tight . The IF filter works great just be ready to pump up the volume a bit so you can hear the radio . I had read somewhere that this radio can be considered a AM machine . The radio sounds real good on AM but it lacks that loud audio some AM Operator like . SSB/FM are off the wall fantastic . All in all I am quite happy with these radios just waiting to see what happen,s with the unit I had to send back . Thanks Roberto KC2IHD&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (I will keep everyone informed of any new issue,s/problems)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shortchange, post: 356023, member: 1211"] [b]OPTIMA MKII[/b] OK so here,s my take on the optima MKII . I normally use this forum and other,s to read reviews on new radios that are either on the market or soon to be . Well after reading all the rave reviews I decided to pull the trigger and purchase three units from Dave at yeticom . The radio,s arrived perfectly pack and did not take as long as I had thought considering they are shipped from HongKong . Out of the three radios I found a problem with (one) the VFO/switch. As I started to turn the VFO the radio would go into a scanning frenzy The only way to stop it from scanning would be to push the PTT . I contacted Dave and explained the problem in which he contacts Goodwill and has the radio shipped back for repair at there expense . Now for the good . Compared to the 257 this radio well run circles around it . The receiver alone is by far way better . The knobs don,t wiggle up and down/side to side like the 257 they feel tight . The IF filter works great just be ready to pump up the volume a bit so you can hear the radio . I had read somewhere that this radio can be considered a AM machine . The radio sounds real good on AM but it lacks that loud audio some AM Operator like . SSB/FM are off the wall fantastic . All in all I am quite happy with these radios just waiting to see what happen,s with the unit I had to send back . Thanks Roberto KC2IHD (I will keep everyone informed of any new issue,s/problems) [/QUOTE]

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