Hi Gary, I use an FT847 on 4m, and can confirm it is both inefficient and deaf. But it does work, and I have had some nice contacts on it - including Portugal this year. May I recommend the website h
Hello Gary , The Yaesu FT847 that I own is suitable for use at 70Mhz , HF 1.8-30Mhz ,50Mhz , VHF and UHF but is no longer in production . I think You can find it advertised second hand in Radcom . 73