[1000mp] No more Yaesu

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:26:17 -0600

I agree and let me add...
There is a reason why 90% of the winners of the WRTC use FT1000's of some
sort.
I will have a chance to try a new Pro II soon and look forward to the A/B
comparison.
It should be the best (time tested) radio on the market (newest technology).
I will wait to judge the TenTec until after initial quirks are allowed to be
sorted out.

Tom Baugh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Yingst" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] No more Yaesu

> Before you jump ship you may want to look where your going....
>
> I had been a long time fan of Icom and owned a number of there rigs,  I
> even had the IC-756Pro but I never liked the sound of the Pro (had a
> cold artificial sound) I wound up selling it.
>
> I tried the Elecraft K2, Nice rig but not quite ready for prime time
> sold that one as well though I liked the sound better.
>
> I bought a IC-718 as a fill in rig it was a great rig for the money and
> I wound up giving it to my son, it fits his needs well.
>
> So Here I was looking for a new Rig I considered the IC-756Pro II, but
> my boss at work had two of them that both had to go back to Icom with
> bad displays.  The first one was at Icom for about 2 months and the
> second was back to them for about a month. Two different batches with
> bad displays and long repair times, that put Icom out of the running.
>
> I had bought an amp from Ten Tec in 2002 and it had a bad transformer
> (buzzing) right out of the box, they told me 4-6 weeks until I could
> get a replacement, I wound up returning it and got stuck for the
> shipping both ways on a product that was defective right out of the
> box.  They would not even exchange it.  Sad too since I had hoped to do
> more business with them, So Ten Tec has pretty much lost my business.
> No Orion for me.
>
> That pretty much left me with Kenwood or Yaesu I looked them both over
> and chose the Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V Field.  I've only had it a month
> and so far I really like it.
>
> It performs well and has a much more pleasing sound, May not have a
> pretty scope like the PRO but it looks nicer and it sure is a heck of a
> lot easier to work on than an Icom (Easier to Mod, Repair, etc.)  I
> have alfo found it is easier to use as well.
>
> Plus if your Interested in 60 Meters forget the Pro II if I under stand
> correctly the low pass filter cuts off around the 60 Meter band, sure
> there only a few "Channels" now but in time it may become a real band.
>
> I'm not defending Yaesu just pointing out that the other guys may not
> be any better.
>
> The funny part is that I did not like Yaesu for a long time (not by any
> fault of Yaesu's). One day on a whim I bought a mobile rig from them
> (FT-8900r) and found it easy to use and more logical than the Icoms,
> that is what sold me on even trying the FT-1000 series.
>
> Just something to think about.
>
>
>
>
> =====
> -
> Harry - AB2PN
>
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