[1000mp] I was barred from the ft9000-ft2000 yahoo group

[Scott Manthe]

The Orion is a terrific rig, but you obviously have never spoken to any 
of the multitude of  Orion owners about the continual problems with that 
rig. It has a design flaw (overtaxed DSP) and yet somehow Ten Tec 
doesn't come out and admit it and just keeps releasing firmware patches. 
You ever wonder why Ten Tec made fun of Icom for releasing the Pro 2 18 
months after the original Pro and then did the same thing with the Orion?

The Elecraft is a nice rig, but is essentially a toy compared to 
anything like a Mark V/Orion/FT-9000.

Even given it's flaws, the MARK V series is the best rig for the money 
available, period. Of course, it's best to have one of the later ones 
and get the mods built-in, but even after the cost of adding them, it's 
still a bargain.

How exactly do you know whether the problems with the FT-9000 are poor 
design? How exactly are you privy to the problems with the FT-2000? Were 
you part of either design team? Are you a professional designer who has 
gotten together with a group of FT-9000 owners to reverse engineer the 
9000 and discover it's flaws? Are you an industrial spy who has 
ferreted-out all the problems that Yaesu is having with the FT-2000? Or 
are you just a disgruntled amateur who wants to complain because he 
can't get his rig when he wants it?

You either want Yaesu to introduce a rig without bugs or you want it 
quickly and I'd suggest you decide which before you post.

The FT-2000 is being used right now in Montenegro for the DXpedition 
2006. This will tell us quite a lot about how close the FT-2000 is to 
being ready for market.



73,
Scott, N9AA

n4dsp wrote:
>
> I never made a decision to leave this group. This is the type of 
> letter the list owner and moderators use with all the pleasantries. 
> Notice the "Loss of any member is felt by everyone in the group".  
> Also posts I made to this group were withheld on a couple of occasions 
> because I did not "fit the ideal Yaesu customer profile". Talk about 
> censorship!
>
> With the Yaesu Mark V you spend thousands of dollars and then some to 
> repair keys clicks and other
> modifications yourself. More problems are evident with the FT-9000. 
> These radios cost over $10,000 and the problems the owners are 
> encountering should not be taking place. These are not growing pains 
> as Yaesu would have you to believe but very poor design and 
> workmanship. These are not due to a new product making its appearance 
> on the scene as Yaesu would have you believe. If the American public 
> accepted this type of product in some other industry there would be 
> such a public outcry Congress would be involved. Manufacturers like 
> Yaesu has duped the Amateur Radio Operators with the normal excuses 
> but it is unacceptable to put out a product when its development has 
> not been fully realized. This is why the FT-2000 200 watt version is 
> not being made available at this time. Yaesu is trying to fix all the 
> problems with this rig thereby the delay on it's release but that is 
> not to be public knowledge as a source told me today. Neither will the 
> retail merchants
> let on of the problems with the FT-2000 200 watt version.
>
> Subscribe to the FT-9000, FT-2000 yahoo group and read the posts of 
> the FT-9000's problems. These radios cost over $10,000 and the 
> problems which owners are encountering. There are two good companies 
> out there today and both are American made. Ten-Tec and Elecraft. 
> Excellent products. Excellent Receivers. Excellent Customer Support 
> and Technical Service.
> Yaesu can kiss my arse.
>
> 73
> john-n4dsp
>
>