Is Yaesu FT-450D a great radio?

This low cost and effective transceiver has good ratings on:

https://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/9529

It is on sale today for less than $700, maybe a group buy can lower the price further.

Here is the ARRL walkthrough::

 

ARRL product review November 2011:

http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/139652