[CQ-Contest] FT-1000MP

[Mario]

>Sorry Dave, I have to disagree. We tried "TUNED" setting with 3
different FT1000MP. They are all fine in the city but being used from
8Q7  we could not copy those whom we easily worked using IC775.
Raising the sensitivity with the help of "secret" menu did not help
either simply because the noise floor was going up.


>73, Igor UA9CDC

Check http://lea.hamradio.si/~s53ww/xvrt/xvrt.htm

Icom has some 5 dB lower RX noise figure then FT-1000MP.
I remember TS-850 with NF = 5 dB which is in VHF range.

These low NF numbers are only useful in quiet remote locations.
Modern RX should receive weak signal near many strong ones.
Oversensitive RX would adversly compromise dynamic range.
But they are popular with hams operating on band openings...

73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU