I think you can buy a service manual for the FT-1000.
I have a service manual for the FT-1000.
I am sure software could be written to use a RX-340 for receive
and a Omni VI+ for transmitt. You could use the receiver in the
Omni VI+ for a second channel. The receiver in the Omni VI+ is
a lot better than my Pegasus.
Jim W7ANF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Reid" <jimr.reid@verizon.net>
To: "Paul Christensen" <paulc@mediaone.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Evolution
>
>
> > The Omni Six has already celebrated its 10th birthday and, amazingly,
it's
> > still in production. With few exceptions, what other transceiver can
> claim
> > a successful ten-year production history?
>
> Are there any good reviews about the 340 on the web?
>
> And, has not the Yaesu FT-1000 been around for at least
> 10 years now; I assume it is still being built as the ham
> stores still list them in the catalogs. D version of the 1000
> is, of course, a creation of Yaesu America's marketing;
> simply a basic 1000 with several added accessories pre-
> installed in America. There are no 1000D drawings, etc.
> at the Yaseu (now Vertex Standard Japan) factory in
> Japan, or so I am told.
>
> Maybe I should now sell off some of my stuff around here,
> and look seriously at an RX-340? Wonder if it can be
> T/R'd with my Omni VI+?
>
> 73, Jim KH7M
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