[CQ-Contest] [FT-1000MP] Sources, Prices?

[Jeffrey Maass]

I am shopping to update my station, and have settled on the FT-1000MP for
the radio. I've been pretty much "out of the mainstream" for ten years or
more.

1) Which are the dealers where I'm likely to fine the best prices?

2) What are the "real life" street prices for new FT-1000MPs?

3) What are the "real life" street prices for the optional filters
    (8.2HMz IF: 2KHz, 250 Hz;  455kHz: 2.0KHz, 500Hz Collins, and 250 Hz)? 

4) Have there been significant changes since introduction that I should
     consider if I attempt to buy a used radio? Any serial numbers to 
     seek/avoid?

Thanks!

Jeff Maass       (jmaass at freenet.columbus.oh.us)      Amateur Radio K8ND
      USPSA/IPSC # L-1192   NROI/CRO          NW of Columbus Ohio
      25000 Members in 2000!



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