[1000mp] FT 9000 DX Brochure (NOT FT-2000)

[Pete Smith]

At 11:24 PM 5/15/2004, you wrote:


>I rather doubt there will be a decrease in value:
>
>Also at Dayton, INRAD have introduced a narrow roofing filter
>for the FT-1000MP, MKV & Field.  Filter is 4 KHz wide and
>provides the following IMD specs:
>
>             Signal spacing      Dynamic Range
>                  10 KHz            107   dB
>                   5 KHz            100.5 dB
>                   3 KHz             97.5 dB
>
>This compares to IMD numbers previously in the 75-80 dB range
>for signal spacing less than ca. 20 KHz.
>
>$165 list price for the roofing filter ... I suspect many may
>opt for it rather than spend $13K for a FTdx-9000!
>

Darned right -- if it is as good as advertised, I'll be one of the first in 
the queue.  George W2VJN has spent at least 2 years looking for the right 
filter to do this job at 70 MHz -- I talked with him last year about it, 
and he was sorta pessimistic.  Well done, Inrad!


73, Pete N4ZR
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