[1000mp] possible 1000MP upgrade

[Alex Malyava]

Yeah,
thanks Joe and Blake for reminding me this.

I do remember myself playing with filter settings on Mark V Field.

I can click on any bandwidth on both or single IF's, in my MP, but
simply could not figure out what I have to do in Mark V. Then I was
told not to worry about, because the radio was full of Inrads and
therefore I don need to worry - it(!) will select the filter for me.

2008/1/23, n4gi at tampabay.rr.com <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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