[CQ-Contest] Age related problems in FT1000?

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:31 AM, John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have started to see some really good deals show up on the Yaesu FT1000 (the straight 1000, not the MP).  If I remember correctly, this model came out in 1990, so it is 20 years old or so by now.  Are there any common age related problems showing up in the FT1000 models?

Not only are contesters (as a group) aging, but so are their radios!

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us