[1000mp] MP Mk 5 Field

[Steve M]

Bob,

All radios have problems. No manufacturer is exempt [just check out the
latest qst with an article on how to fix the sorry audio in the wunderkind
Icom pro and pro2]. When the original mp came out people were complaining
about them too.  A reflector such as this lets you hear more about problems
with a radio than years of listening on the air. How many guys on this
reflector haven't had any problems with the MP or the Mark 5? You don't
often hear about this--just the bad ones.
     Check out a Ten Tec or Kenwood reflector--same stories, different
players.
         My only rule [which I don't always follow] is too wait a year
before buying a new model. Let the bugs get fixed. I wouldn't apply this to
a Mark 5. It is an update, not a whole new radio.
   I owned a late MP and a recent Mark 5 Field. Both were great--stock and
no problems.

73,
Steve  wd0ct

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Henderson" <bob@cytanet.com.cy>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 1:21 PM
Subject: [1000mp] MP Mk 5 Field


> I have read a lot of stuff here about the problems folks have had with the
> Mk 5.  I just hope that I am not speaking too soon here!
>
> I brought back a Mk5 Field from Dayton.  I got it from AES at an amazing
> $1699, which was just too good a price to pass up.  It now sits in my SO2R
> set up alongside my original MP.
>
> I have fitted some IRC filters to the Field and have more on order.  I can
> only say I am delighted with it.  Initially, I was disappointed at the
> reduced flexibility filter selection scheme but in practice this has so
far
> not been any problem at all.
>
> I find the Field receiver quieter than the original MP but otherwise very
> similar.  I have always been happy with the MP rx........at least since I
> fitted the IRC gain redistribution and hiss reduction mod.  It doesn't
look
> like I need this mod for the Field.
>
> Sidetone on the Field is much less clicky than the earlier MP but is still
> nowhere near as clean as a Kenwood sidetone.
>
> I compared both for tx key clicks and could not tell them apart, so no
> improvements there.
>
> I currently have no other criticism of either radio and if the Field
doesn't
> go west on me, I am sure I will remain very satisfied with my new
> acquisition for a long time to come.
>
> Bob 5B4AGN, P3F, ZC4ZM, G3ZEM
>
>
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