[1000mp] IPO (Intercept Point Optimization)

[Chuck Lewis]

Thanks, Garry. We're in violent agreement on all those points. I'd love to 
go back to school and corral the engineering classes to explain how the REAL 
world works, and that they'd better get their communications act together if 
they want to ever progress much past the entry level. I never cease to be 
amazed that a software guy (just to pick on one discipline) can deal 
effectively with syntax all day long, provided it's code, but can't seem to 
punctuate (or even organize) a sentence.

Isn't it fun to be able to pontificate?

73,
Chuck, N4NM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garry Shapiro" <garry at ni6t.com>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] IPO (Intercept Point Optimization)


> 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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