[1000mp] RE: de SV1DPI

[Tod - MN]

That is good information Costas. 

I have an FT1000MP and also an ICOM 756 Pro II. One is in Minnesota and the
other is in Idaho [two operating locations]. I have only used the Pro II in
a US/VE contest [Field Day] in Minnesota. It was OK but did not 'feel' like
the FT1000MP which I have used in ARRL DX and CW WW and ARRL SS for the past
five years operating in Idaho.

As you mention, it may only be the fact that I really 'know' how to use the
MP in a contest and am not as experienced using the Pro II in a contest that
make me feel there is a substantive difference.

My MP has the INRAD 250Hz , 400Hz and 1.8 KHz filters as well as the
roofing filter (and of course the W8JI click mod).. I really don't notice
QRM much with the MP but did notice it slightly with the Pro II.


I am now  thinking over maybe getting a 756 Pro III or an ICOM 7800
[thinking is very inexpensive --- it is the buying that one notices] which
is why I was asking the question on the reflector.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kostas Stamatis [mailto:sv1dpi at otenet.gr] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:23 AM
> To: tod at k0to.us
> Subject: de SV1DPI
> 
> Hello Tod
> I have a markv (200w) version and i have used a pro ii in my club.
> A year ago in ww ssb i used both of them in my club's effort 
> like sz1a. We made abt 4-5000 qsos and we used the proii for 
> running and the markv for multiplier (the markv had the 
> roofing filter and the 1,8 inrad filters for ssb). I have not 
> done a comparison 1 by 1. The total feeling is that the markv 
> was better or at least i knew better to deal with it. It was 
> easy to clear a station with the markv in the crowded 40m 
> band but i could'n do a lot with the pro ii except to play 
> with rf gain. But with the help of pw, i could survive on 40m 
> also. Tell me more specific what i could help.
> Kostas SV1DPI 
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