My YAESU 5000 does pretty well in the receiving mode and I've never had any
complaints about a "dirty" signal. As always, put as much money as you can into
antennas. If you happen across an old 1000MP you can clean up the CW signal
with the Inrad key click mod. The SDRs are going to take over soon anyhow.
73, Alan/K6SRZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Geiger" <af5cc2@gmail.com>
To: "k9yc" <k9yc@arrl.net>
Cc: "CQ-Contest Reflector" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 11:16:20 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Which would yor choose?
The Yaesu FTDX5000 did pretty good in Sherwood's receiver tests.
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:
> This is the best advice I've seen. Why limit yourself to Yaesu? Their
> receivers don't do all that well in Rob's lab tests, and their transmitters
> are the dirtiest in ARRL Lab tests.
>
> Since getting back on the air in 2003, I've owned an Omni V, TS850, 746,
> FT100D, FT1000MP, K2, K3, and KX3. A pair of K3s is on my operating desk,
> along with a Yaesu FM rig. I have a Kenwood FM rig in the car, and a
> Kenwood TH-F6A talkie. Of HF rigs, I've liked the K3 and TS850 the best. I
> found the Yaesu radios to have the most difficult user interface, the
> Kenwood and Elecraft rigs the easiest to use. The TS-590S and SG are among
> the cleanest rigs in ARRL Lab tests, not far behind the K3 and K3s. I've
> not used either one, but a good friend and very good operator owns a 590
> and likes it a lot.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On 8/13/2017 5:23 AM, Brian Hemmis wrote:
>
>> Kenwood TS-590SG or Icom IC-7300. Check Rob Sherwood's list, spend some
>> time with each at a dealer or local ham and buy the one that feels best to
>> you. I've owned both and prefer the 590 but both are viable contenders.
>> 73, Brian K3USC
>>
>
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