[Yaesu] ft-1000d

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Thanks for update Paul..
    Well, my 1999 late radio, sold in Feb 2000 has a D included on the box 
inside the FT1000 "window box". The "D" is an added on stamp, on one side it 
is exactly in line with the FT1000 and on the other the D is slightly off 
kilter. hi  I have another box which is the second box (inner is missing 
with the styrofoam inserts) and it too has a "D" rubber stamped on it as an 
identifying mark of what's inside. And I know that box came from a 1997 
radio.. So, somewhere along the line, some Ds had stamped additions to the 
outside box before 2000.
  Now, another Yaesu tech just 2 years ago told me that you could NOT tell a 
factory D from a plain one (1991-92/3) with the added BPF, TCXO and the 3 
added filters since NO 1000 had the "D" engraved on the front panel. He also 
said so few updates were made and the original 1000 was same as a later "D" 
internally, component-wise. Guess you can not improve on a good radio, and 
the pre 1000 R and D was extensive. I was one of dozens of DXers who 
contributed my ideas of a perfect radio back in 1988/89 for the Yaesu guys 
who designed the radio. They took a lot of contester and DXers ideas in 
designing the ergonomics and such. And it has withstood the test of time.
   The 1000 was the last attempt of Yaesu to "keep up" with Kenwood and Icom 
or get out of the ham business. I feel, like many, that the 1000 kept Yaesu 
in ham radio at a critical time.
Any more input on the serial number subject might help us file away some 
notes. Pull out those "D" boxes and tell us if YOUR box had a "D" on it and 
what was year of manufacture.. Thanks.
San K5YY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "paul glassman" <highschooldiving at yahoo.com>
To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:54 PM
Subject: [Yaesu] ft-1000d


ooppsss  my mistake. there is no letter "d" in the
serial number on mine. on the serial number patch the
top says FT1000D and the serial number begins with a
"0". so....  in the year 2000, yaesu added the title
"FT1000d" to the serial number patch. all previous
years, there was no indication of "d" other than to
open the rig and see the factory installed filters and
the bpfo. if you see a ft1000D and the serial number
starts with "0" and there is no "ft1000D" indication,
then you have a 1990.
                    73  paul w8jn

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