[1000mp] possible 1000MP upgrade

[n4gi at tampabay.rr.com]

Hi Alex-

A few years ago, I sold my MarkVs to get regular old 1000MPs for contesting.

Reasons-
-200W was useless to me.  All it did was smoke capacitors in my ICE filters, and overdrive amps when I forgot to turn it down.
-I never did figure out what the VRF and IDBT knobs actually did.  IMO, they just made the background hiss sound different.
-The AF DSP wasn't all that hot.
-Crystal filter selection in the MarkV is dismal compared to the old MP.
-I took my 200W MarkV on a dxpedition once(!).  It was a pain.

73,
Blake N4GI



---- Alex Malyava <alex.k2bb at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hi all,
> 
> slow time at work made me think about possible upgrade of my '96 1000MP to
> some newer model like Mark V Field or even 200W Mark V.
> 
> Checking EBay listings I found that each step gonna cost several hundred
> bucks. Roughly saying they are sold for about $1100...$1300...$1600 -
> depends on model, condition and moon phase.
> 
> I remember an article in QST regarding new, at that time, 756 Pro III. The
> very first sentence was:
> . . ."Is the IC-756PROIII really $800 better than the PROII?"
> 
> It is kinda funny to ask that question when Yaesu stopped the manufacturing
> of "Marks" two years ago and use the word "new" in it, but anyway - what's
> new or different for me in "Marks" an whether it makes any sense to upgrade?
> 
> So far I know that the Field has 100W instead of 200W and internal power
> supply.
> 
> Well, what's new in Mark V itself?
> I know that it has VRF and IDBT, but I have no idea how it works in reality
> and whether it makes 1000MP any better.
> I hope that it has newer and better DSP, but who knows :)
> 
> The fact that I am upgrading 10+ years old radio with something "just" a few
> years old might be worse paying for.
> 
> O, by the way, what about those new FT-2000 or even FT-950?
> 
> 
> Alex K2BB
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