I recently moved and it was an emergency (family)
move. To fund the move, I had to sell my 2 mo old
FT-857D. :-(

Last week, I saw a possible temporary replacement.
A 9/95 issue Yaesu FT-840 with FM board &
original manual. Nice wouldn't do justice to this rig.
Heck even the power cord still had the factory
kinks in it. 99.995% mint.

$250.

Yoink!

Got it home and I'm really impressed with the reciever
except in AM mode. There, it needs the optional filter.



Now I'll get to the point - I've had many rigs over the
years and ALL have recieved the TV colorburst QRM
on 3.579 & harmonics. - All except this radio!

I just tuned in to 3.579 and switched my TV on - I
barely heard a bit of QRM. At first I thought I might
be off freq so I checked the whole rig out - AM BCB,
3.922, 3.950, CHU, WWV, Gander ATC - even CB
channel 19 were dead on with maybe a 30 hz differance
between AM/USB/LSB modes.

Is it me or does this rig have something differant in it's
design? 14.318 is absolutly quiet where with my FT-857D
it was unuseable +/- 1.5kc.

Ken KG0WX