I'm now the proud owner of a Yaesu FT-450D transceiver (purchased as a birthday gift to myself). It covers all the HF bands plus 6M and will output up to 100W. Only plan on using CW so will put the microphone in storage...😊
Had my first QSO on 5/22/16!!! Talked with Ed (W8NLZ) from Virginia Beach, VA. Got a little flustered to say the least. Started receiving and managed to pick out my RST but suddenly got overwhelmed and found I could not keep up. Asked him to slow down but still had problems so decided to end transmission early. Felt like I was able to send pretty well, however. Need MORE PRACTICE receiving.
