[CQ-Contest] radio MP vs all

[Rick Dougherty NQ4I]

Here is my 2 cents worth....the nq4i m-m station has historically used the 
MP for the 11 stations...one year we were one MP short...so one member 
suggested he bring his new MKV...we first put it on 40m as the mult 
station...it began locking up when the other rig transmitted...so we moved 
it to 10m...again as the mult station...same problem...kept locking up and 
having to reset the radio..only place it would operate was 160m since there 
is just one station there...the filter selection process is not as flexible 
as the MP either...so didn't use the MKV any more...I have graduated to the 
1000D as my radio of choice now...it is a lot of bang for the $$...we have 6 
of them in the station...they are the primary run radios now....and the MP 
is the mult radio of choice...they work well together and are fairly easy to 
switch between for the op's...I think Yaesu did not make the MKV or the 
Field with the same bullet proof innards as the MP...de Rick NQ4I