[Yaesu] Model recommendations FT-1000MP and ...

[WD8ARZ]

Yep, it is hard to beat the FT-1000MP that is filtered up with good quality 
filters .... and I forgot about what you reminded me of below. "Truly a 
great radio ONCE its operator learns how to ust it fully". Such a key point 
Barry, and especially so for using the DSP options. So many were trying for 
HiFi sound and complaining about the sound of the audio, when inteligibility 
was the goal ........ hi hi

Have kept mine and have no intention of ever letting it go.

The TS-480HX needs the TXO option, and the 1.8 kHz SSB filter. That improved 
the DSP features on that radio too. On the base for rag chews, it is the MP, 
for digital and mobile it is the HX. The temp and transmit duty cycle for 
the HX is one of the best in the industry, so it is great for mobile and 
high duty cycle digital and rag chew operations.

One of the key factors for me is the ability to operate my rigs off battery. 
That eliminates a lot of rigs, many good rigs, from my to be purchased list 
.... hi hi

DSP has come a long way based on the reports on the Sherwood Engineering Inc 
site: http://www.sherweng.com/table.html

 Thanks for sharing your experience, enjoyed it.

73 from Bill - WD8ARZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Johnson" <barry at w4wb.com>
To: "WD8ARZ" <wd8arz at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Model recommendations FT-1000MP and ...
>

> Hi Bill,
>
> I read your posting with interest and complement you for a comprehensive 
> review and comments.
>
> I have used a FT-1000MP for about 14 years with all the filters and such, 
> plus a QUADRA.  Truly a great radio ONCE its operator learns how to use it 
> fully.  That process took me about a year as I recall.  :-)   I also had a 
> TS-480HX  and was initially impressed by its specs; however, I used both 
> the FT-1000MP and the TS-480HX at Field Day for the 40m phone station for 
> a couple of years and found that the 480 receiver was dramatically 
> inferior to the MP's receiver.  In normal operation, the 480 seemed fine, 
> but in "combat" operations like Field Day on 40m, it wasn't up to the task 
> IMHO (and that of my other operators as well).  I have since sold it w/o 
> regrets.  I replaced it with the K3 which I have found to be a first-class 
> radio.  Eventually, I will replace the MP with the FT-5K, but my old MP is 
> like an old friend ... it never lets me down.  hi hi
>
> 73 de Barry W4WB