on 8/1/01 4:25 AM, Tom Rauch at w8ji@akorn.net wrote:
> There are actually several problems that cause problems. One is
> many new radios have very poor transmitter IMD performance. Look
> at the TS-2000 as an example. It is almost class C quality, yet
> reviews all ignore that fact.
I think the RSGB's publication pointed this out. I was talking to G3RZP at
Dayton and he told me he read it was a piece o crap transmitter. Pretty
amazing they'd sell a radio for that much with that kind of an output.
Have you looked at the new class A mode of the FT-1000MP Mark V? That seems
like a great way to go when driving a PA.
It's just amazing that the manufacturers don't spend more time putting a
better PA in their outputs. It isn't that difficult or costly!
73,
Jon
NA9D
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Member: ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
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