[1000mp] Mark V newbie Q's

[Julio Roque/Bits]

Hello all, I'm a 5 days old owner of a Mark V. Haven't slept at all, glued 
to the radio. I'm in love, my YL is not. 

My apologies for asking these questions since I'm sure they've come across 
before.


1 - Receive strength on VFO B degrades as VFO A moves farther away in 
frequency. I thought it had something to do with the preamps but both 
"flat" and "tuned" have the same effect. Is "dual receive" limited to same 
band?

2 - I have a 2.8 Khz (#715) and 400 Hz (#703) crystal filters from Inrad 
in my FT-847, will they work in the Mark V?

3 - Why would I ever want to engage a filter on 3rd IF stage that's wider 
than the filter in 2nd IF stage? Did I misunderstand this from the manual?

4 - AM and FM PO moves very fast from 0 to 200 watts by the time the RF 
PWR button is around 9 o'clock. Is this normal? Yes, I quickly bring it 
down to 50 watts when in those modes.

5 - When setting AGC to off, the S meter stops deflecting. What gives?

Thanks,

Julio
K4JRG


 

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