[1000mp] possible 1000MP upgrade

[Rob Atkinson]

you have all kinds of options.     You say you don't want to buy an amp  
but then you mention getting a SB220 which would be way overkill for  
you.  If QRO is what you don't like about owning an amp, then you can  
get an amp and not drive it to full output.   There are a couple of  
solid state amps out there that are supposed to be pretty good that are  
5 or 6 hundred watt amps such as the SGC Smartcube and the Ameritron  
ALS 600(?).  They are almost like having an exciter with a 600 w. PA.   
You could get one of those and drive it to 300 w.   If you did that you  
could keep the old rig and if it ever died you could get a 100 w. rig  
and save a lot of money over the cost of the 200 w. version and get  
some of your outlay for the amp back.   Then you'd have in effect, a  
100 to 600 w. rig.

73

rob / k5uj


On Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at 09:06  PM, Jerry Spring wrote:

> I just figured out what was wrong with my MP:
> nothing!  It turns out that that my external antenna
> tuner has a dirty bandswitch, which causes the
> intermittent transmitting problem.  Well, that solves
> one problem, but not the one about upgrading.  I would
> still like to have 200W but don't want to buy an amp.
> And the MP isn't getting any younger (with stories
> about displays that go dark and other aging pains that
> get pretty hard to fix).  Is the FT-2000D really worth
> the money?  I guess one alternative is to buy a cheap
> SB-220 and keep the MP.
>
>
> --- "Anthony(N2KI)" <n2ki at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> Stay with your original MP.
>>
>>
>> Anthony - N2KI
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Alex Malyava
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:39 PM
>> To: All about Yaesu 1000mp
>> Subject: [1000mp] possible 1000MP upgrade
>>
>> 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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