[CQ-Contest] FT-1000MP

[David Robbins K1TTT]

Well, not all 'big guns' have infinite budgets.  And I do have a yaesu hat,
but got that at a hamfest somewhere after standing in line with all the
other little pistols.  For my station the mp and mk-v field are good
performers at a reasonable price.  Maybe they aren't the absolute best
performers, but they interface well with computers, have decent receivers,
built in dsp, and are reasonably reliable.  Before moving the mp's I had
mostly ts-940's but was always worried about them running, the 930 and 940
both had intermittent problems with connectors and boards that made them
less than reliable.  I have never like the icom's on ssb, they sound good on
cw but at least up to the 765 and 781 the ssb filtering didn't sound very
good to me.  Does Collins have a rig that is computer controlled??


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of KE5CTY Bob
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 04:02
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] FT-1000MP
> 
> Could someone please enlighten me:
> 
> I have been doing as much research as possible since I am planning a
> contest station within the next couple of years that I hope to be
> competitive with.
> 
> I have found out that the FT-1000MP seems to be the most used rig by the
> top contest stations. (Big Guns) And that most all have 2 or more towers
> at 100 feet or better along with commercial grade mono band antennas and
> phased switchable tower arrays for the lower bands, back up amps, ect.
> Ect
> 
> Also discovered they normally use N1MM networked logging software for
> controlling the stations rotors, rigs, band changes spotting ect.
> 
> Why does the Yaesu seem to be the preferred rig when after all these
> years (since 1965) I have always heard that Signal One, Collins, and
> mostly Icom were the best rigs (best dynamic range, best filtering and
> most reliable over time) to get and that Yaesu was ok for the low budget
> but not preferred (money being no object) even above Kenwood.
> 
> Of what we call the top commercial rigs I have always heard the list
> from most to least desirable was Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu in that order
> with many others even above Icom when money is not an concern.
> 
> Even most MARS stations run Collins rigs.
> 
> These "Top Guns" "Big Guns" ect - are fellows who obviously don't need
> to worry about cost so price is not a factor.
> 
> What is???
> 
> Is there some sort of advertising campaign like with golf clubs that
> Yaesu offers these guys or have I heard wrong??
> 
> 7&3 fer nw,
> Bob
> KE5CTY (old calls WB5ZQU - WY5L)
> 10X# 37210
> FP#-1141
> http://www.qsl.net/ke5cty/
> Code may be taking a back seat for now, but the pioneering spirit that
> put the code there in the first place is out front of it all.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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