[1000mp] FT-1000MP Key Clicks

[Pete Smith]

At 06:37 AM 1/24/02 -0800, N7TR wrote:
>Is this also real problem with the MARK-V or just the original 1000mp's?

W8JI says he's received a lot of complaints and requests for help with Mark
5s.  On the other hand, here's something I posted recently:

"At 10:30 AM 1/17/02 -0700, k7ca@infowest.com wrote:
>Hi,
>  I just performed W8JI's FT1000MP key click modification on the 
>transmitter going to be used at N7JW in the CQ 160 cw contest 
>next week.  It worked amazingly well.  Before the mod, 1 KHz away 
>from a signal reading +20 on a Ten-Tec Omni 6+ with 250 Hz filter 
>the clix were S9.  After the mod they were S3!  

Interesting.  I just did the same test using my TS-930 with 400 Hz filter
and my unmodified Mark 5.  At 500 Hz from the carrier frequency, clicks
were down to below S3 from 59 +20.  Acknowledging up front the
apples-and-oranges nature of the two test setups, this seems to suggest
that the stock Mark 5 may not be as bad, click-wise -- in fact, that it is
in the same ballpark as a modified MP.  Does this track with others'
(hopefully better) data?"

K6SE's message gives a second datapoint, using a test setup similar to mine.

It strikes me as at least possible that there have been running changes in
Mark 5s.  Mine is January 01 production.  Given the difficulties you've
been having with displays, and the fact you own two, why not call Chip
Margelli at Yaesu and ask him if there was a production change?

As an aside, I always appreciated that Kenwood made service bulletins and
notices of production changes available to end-users.  As far as I know,
Yaesu does not.  Am I wrong?

73, Pete N4ZR

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