[1000mp] 100-Pound Gorilla

[John]

<Can you imagine having a problem and shipping the sucker back to Y for 
<repairs only to get it back in the shack and not fixed or something 
<else bad.  Thanks but no thanks.  I'll stick with my light weight MKV 
<and Inrad roofing filter, besides I'll bet hard cash the receiver 
<performance won't be enough to mention, if any.  Latest example the 
<Icom Pro III, see Mar. QST.  BDR is pitiful.

<Dale

Well, I'm taking delivery of a Mark V Field today in time for the contest this weekend to see if it can unseat 
my favorite transceiver--a modified FT-920 :-)

However, I will not be able to pull up a screen showing a world map, click on a location, and have my beam
(which I do not have) automatically rotate to the proper heading. And I won't be able to click in a narrower "roofing" filter
and/or use a 5-band parametric audio equalizer to do weak signal DXing. A Mark V it ain't.

73,
John, W3ULS