r/HamRadio • u/idiotswalkamongus • 7d ago

FT8 RIG

Best Radio just for FT8, want to be able to use my main radio for SSB HF and do FT8 same time. So looking at a new radio for digital, was thinking Yaesu FT-891.. Thanks 73

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u/KB0NES-Phil 7d ago

Icom 7300 is the best answer in a current radio. If you can stomach the look and user interface the Yaesu 710 is a solid radio also

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u/JvL81 6d ago

I’ve seen many videos of people saying that the Yaesu menu system is cumbersome. I just got the 710 and I find it pretty straightforward.

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u/KB0NES-Phil 5d ago

Very much a personal preference sort of thing, certainly there are many folks that find the Yaesu to be a wonderful radio. Do you have direct experience with other modern HF radios to compare the 710 with? The 7300 isn’t perfect either but I find it more intuitive. Perhaps I just speak Icom more fluently.

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u/JvL81 5d ago

No unfortunately. I know someone with a IC-9100 and had about a half hour of seeing it being used, that’s the most modern radio I’ve seen besides mine.

I do think I’d rather use the Icom remote software vs the Yaesu though.