[Yaesu] comments on buying a used HF rig

[hans@remeeus.nl]

Hello John,

With the Bird 43P Wattmeter and 250H I measure the FT-1000D power output as
follows:

1,8: 215 Watts
3,5: 220
7:   220
10  225
14: 220
18: 220
21: 215
24: 215
28: 215
29: 215

With the Drake W-4 Wattmeter I measure up to 240 Watt output on 10 MHz.

I suppose both Wattmeters have some deviation.

73, Hans Remeeus.
Ham Radio: PA1HR
www.remeeus.nl

Communication is about people, the rest is technology.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Ogden" <na9d@speakeasy.net>
To: <hans@remeeus.nl>; <yaesu@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] comments on buying a used HF rig


>
> How did you do that?  Did you follow the mod to crank up the power on the
> finals?  It's not a good mod to do.  Yes, you get more power, but you also
> increase the strain on the transistors and shorten their lifetime.  And in
> addition, you also probably are no longer making the transmit IMD
> specification.
>