[1000mp] Comparison Mark V and ProII

Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:09:54 -0600

The cascaded filtering is still there just as on the MP.  The method 
of selection has changed is all.

Dale J.

>The cascade filtering is one of the great things on the MP. After nine years
>FT-990 I
>owned the MP for a few year. I regret that we lost this feature on the Mk V
>and hope Yaesu will bring it back on the successor.
>
>I think the reason why Yaesu changed it, was that (due to competition) they
>wanted to make the new rig more DSP-innovated. I wonder if they did a good
>market research on that; do we want more DSP or do we want flexible analog
>filter combinations?
>
>Apart from that the Mk V has very nice features that the MP has not. Some of
>the members have already mentioned these features.
>
>I think that the perfect rig still has to be invented... However; what is
>perfect??
>
>73!
>Hans Remeeus PA1HR.
>
>e-mail: [email protected]
>site: www.remeeus.nl
>Ham Radio call: PA1HR
>
>>
>>  Exactly Bob!!  That is the one reason I will never get a MkV.  In a CW
>>  contest I love the various filter combinations that you can achieve from
>>  the front panel, like a 250/500 combo during fairly busy periods, or a
>>  2.0/500 combo during quiet periods.  It's just soooooo much more
>>  flexible.
>>
>>  I'll not be changing my (Nov 1995) MP unless something catastrophic
>>  happens it, and even then I'd look for a clean MP instead of a MkV.
>>
>>  It seems interesting that Yaesu seem to be returning to the old formula
>>  with the 'MkV Field' by making a 100W MkV with built in PSU!!  But it
>>  still doesn't have the filter flexibility......
>>
>>  Andrew Williamson GI0NWG / AC6WI
>>  Homepage = http://www.gi0nwg.freeserve.co.uk/
>>
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