I use my FT-450 at home and on the road. Mine is a early model, not the real early one with changeable color display, but just after that model. I wish I had the "D" model with the backlit keys, it sure would be easier to work with in my dimly lite spot in the shack but I know where the most used keys are with out lighting it up, just from lots of use. I in no way have used all the features of this little radio. A Yaesu rep told me the FT-450 was a menu driven FT-2000, which has been discontinued. For antenna I use an Eagle One 31' vertical end driven dipole and tune with a LGD 200pro. My FT-450 has a built in tuner but a Yaesu tech said they don't call it a tuner, but rather an antenna trimmer since it won't tune any thing more than 1.7-1. I don't do any HF mobile radio since grounding is a PIA on newer cars and trucks with so much noise and vibration dampening the isolates every piece of the vehicle. I'm too old to crawl around under my truck to hook up ground straps.
Marv
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