That's not true..... Here is what the manual says: "Tuned preamp only operates
in the 1.8~7 and 24~30 amateur bands" (page 44) There is a lot more detailed
info on pages 44 & 45.
Now for real world tests; This afternoon I tried making A/B tests with the
beacons. Unfortunately I could only do it with weak signals because here 10m is
really dead. A signal that was S-2 increased to S-3. The noise floor didn't
register on the meter but was noticeably higher with the tuned preamp on. If my
body will cooperate with me tomorrow I'll hook-up another rig(Icom) and try the
tests again.
Thanks to the 3 guys who sent me engineering data. In a land far far away and
long long ago I was in engineering and worked in a screen room. Those are not
real world conditions. My ham station is real world, far, very far, from ideal
conditions. I can't control the noise and I can't control the signal levels.
MAL N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
http://geocities.com/n7mal/
----- Original Message -----
From: Tonno Vahk
To: cq-contest@contesting.com ; David O Hachadorian
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 6:02
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FT-1000MP
TUNED only effects 10 and 12m, so it is true MP lacks some sensitivity on
15m...
From: "David O Hachadorian" <k6ll@juno.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FT-1000MP
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>> 1000MP is no good for quiet locations
>> because there is not enough sensitivity on 15 and 10 meters.
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> This is true if you use the default "FLAT" RF amplifier menu setting.
> Changing this setting to "TUNED"
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