[1000mp] The 100-pound gorilla

[Mike Schatzberg]

Hello Yaesu Fans:

Personally, I like the built in EQ curves in the Mark V, and I prefer the
flat response curve best overall.  The newer radios will continue to offer
the digital EQ, but will allow customization of the response.  The Mark V as
you know offers several choices.

The real missing ingredient I feel has always been noise gating for the
transmit audio input.  I control the background noise with an outboard noise
gate, which needs to be driven by a pre-amp.  This permits not only noise
free transmissions, but greatly improves the overall VOX function as well.

I wonder if Yaesu has incorporated gating in the new radio, at the digital
level?  My analog system works well, but it would be even better built in,
and most modern transmitters, even cell phones, incorporate noise reduction
in the audio DSP.  It would be convenient to kill all the blower noises from
the amp, radio, power supplies, and the computers.

It would be nice to have it in the new radios.

Happy DXing and 73,

Mike Schatzberg
WB2AJI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Farson" <farson at shaw.ca>
To: "'All about Yaesu 1000mp'" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 1:59 PM
Subject: RE: [1000mp] The 100-pound gorilla


> Hi Rob,
>
> Concerning equalisation (or TOBW and audio-response management), the
> difference here is that in a true IF-DSP-based transceiver, the radio
> performs all these functions in the digital domain. (At least one would
hope
> that VS has implemented them in the DSP.) This is a huge advantage, as
> unlike external analogue circuits, these processes do not add noise to the
> system. The quantisation noise generated in the ADC is already there, and
> processes executed within the DSP do not degrade it.
>
> Another advantage is that the need for external audio "boxes" is often
> eliminated. Many of these devices were not designed to operate in an RF
> environment, and have EMC issues of their own.
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net
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> On Behalf Of k5uj at mc.net
> Sent: 17 February 2005 07:01
> To: 1000mp at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [1000mp] The 100-pound gorilla
>
> I'm sure it will have a lot to offer but I'm always baffled by mfrs. who
> insist on including equalizers in their rigs.  Anyone who wants an eq
> can/will go out and spend a few hundred bucks on one and it will always be
> vastly better than anything a mfr. sticks in a rig.
> So the built in eq. never gets used because either the owner doesn't care
> about equalization, or cares, but therefore goes out and gets an IHY,
> Behringer, Symmtrix etc.  The all in a box concept is appealing to people
> going on dxpeditions (less stuff to lug along) but in this case, who is
> going to pack a 100 lb. $14K rig?
>
> rob/k5uj
>
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