[1000mp] IPO (Intercept Point Optimization)

[Garry Shapiro]

Well said. Unfortunately, most manuals are so unhelpful that we will do 
anything to avoid reading them. The Yaesu manual is much better than most.

I am also an engineer, and one thing that repeatedly struck me during my 
long and checkered career was how poor are the communications skills of 
most engineers--much less average people. This is ironic, since, as 
engineers, our ultimate purpose is to provide documentation of our work. 
It is also particularly embarrassing that foreign-born engineers, for 
whom English was a second language, are often much more competent with 
written English than native-born American engineers.

JMO.

Garry, NI6T

Chuck Lewis wrote:
>
>
>> After using my MP for 10 years I finally learned what IPO means. 
>> Thanks guys, Intercept Point Optimization as Yaesu calls it did not 
>> tell me much and it was just another button to reduce the signals. I 
>> am just a ham and not an engineer, but Ron like you found out, you 
>> have to be political correct.
>
> I AM an engineer; and one of the things we learned in engineering 
> school was to read the manual. Yaesu can be faulted for being obscure 
> on many issues, but in this case, it's right there on page 23 
> associated with an arrow, labeled "17" on the drawing of the front 
> panel. Paragraph 17 reads:
>
> "17 - IPO Button
> The Intercept Point Optimization button may be used to set optimum 
> reciever front end characteristics for a strong         environment. 
> Selecting IPO bypasses the front end RF amplifier and feeds the 
> recieved signals directly to the first mixer."
>
> This nomenclature might well have been generated by a marketing guy, 
> but the function is clear. It works well. I would rather reserve our 
> complaints for real design issues; there are enough of those already.
>
> Chuck, N4NM
>
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