[1000mp] cw audio loud

[Scott Manthe]

DSP works fine as long as there are suitable roofing filters in front of 
the DSP filters. The IC-7800 and FT9000 have very robust receivers, as 
does the Orion. Less expensive or not, these rigs work fine. Of course, 
if you do not believe DSP to be effective, then you will not like these 
rigs not matter how good they are.

If the FT-2000 has a robust enough receiver, I will certainly welcome 
the chance to buy a rig and then not have to buy $600-700.00 worth of 
filters to make it work properly. We should keep this in mind when V/S 
announces the price of the new rig, as well.

73,
Scott, N9AA

n3drk wrote:

> Art,
>     Yes you think they would have placed the sidetone control either 
> in the menu or better yet on the front panel.
>     I do not expect anything great to come of the ft2000 since it is 
> going
> to be dsp. DSP cannot compete with good crystal filters. The Icom 7800 
> dsp bandwidths in some cases are twice the bandwidth versus the 
> crystal filters! The manufacturers have created this hype about dsp 
> and really confused the "public", not us knowledgeable ones who 
> realize this is a very inexpensive way to cut costs by inserting 
> software instead of crystals!
> Looking forward to seeing the specs on the 2000 like you are.
> 73s
> john-n3drk