[CQ-Contest] Contest Radios

[Scott Manthe]

Your reasoning is interesting. Since Yaesu doesn't make the Field 
anymore, you decided to go for a rig a generation older for more money? 
The FT-1000 is a great rig and I'd probably even pay $2K for a loaded 
FT-1000D, but I'd have to treat it nicely because parts are getting hard 
to find.

I just bought a perfect, late 2005 manufacture, Mark V Field with a FH-1 
for about $1450 to my door. This will have to last me until the bugs get 
worked out of the FT-2000 and the reviewers and users give us an idea of 
where it stands. Hopefully, the folks at V/S will come to their senses 
on price.

73,
Scott, N9AA



Mark Steven Williams wrote:
> Bob,
>
> As Dayton approached this year I was considering buying a Field. Then I woke 
> up and realized that they're no longer available since Yaesu is now 
> marketing the 2000.
>
> I had the good fortune to find a very clean FT1000 at Dayton. One of our 
> "locals" was offering it for sale. It came with a complete set of filters 
> and I paid in the low "$2k" range for it. I stumbled on to the rare 
> combination of hooking up with a reputable local (I've know him for years) 
> with a pretty good deal. The fact that the radio came with a full set of 
> filters closed the deal for me.
>
> It's a 98 model and seems to be in excellent shape. It received it's first 
> operating test with me last weekend in the IARU and performed flawlessly.
>
> Frankly, I'm not in a position where I can justify the purchase of a $3k 
> plus radio.
>
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