Personally, I find an FT897 with 250 hz CW filter and a very lightweight
manual tuner and extreamly lightweight and cost effective package.
Worked over 6000 QSOs from Spratly last year using it with pile-ups
pretty much as big as they get at times and had no problem. Sure its
not the "top of the line", but for the price of less than a grand total,
its one heck of value for that purpose. Great audio on transmit and
receive. Sounds just like an FT1000MP but in a very small package.
Ed N1UR
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