[Yaesu] Level of radio and SSB performance

[Renee K6FSB]

I have both Ft990 and the Ft1000D both seem to have same xmit audio. I 
like both rigs.
Renée

On 2017-03-25 07:11 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> Last year I was able to use a Yaesu FT1000D for a couple of months, and was
> surprised at how much better it seemed to be doing on SSB contacts compared
> to my normal rigs.  Yes, it does 200 watts which is a 3DB gain, which
> sometimes can make a huge difference, but I was also thinking that maybe
> the SSB transmit audio was more "powerful".
>
> Now over the past decade or so my rigs have pretty much been either an Icom
> 706 series, a Yaesu FT857 or FT100D, or a Yaesu FT450.  Most of these are
> mobile rigs and use AF speech processing, when RF speech processing is
> better.
>
> Anyways, might I get better SSB performance by going to a traditional base
> rig?  Do these mobile type radios tend to have whimpier or less dominating
> audio?  Would a FT990 or FT1000MP series radio probably have punchier audio?
>
> BTW, what are some of the current and recent Yaesus that use RF speech
> processing?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
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