[CQ-Contest] FTDX 3000 as a contest radio?

[Jim Brown]

On 10/17/2017 4:22 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> What is it with the FTDX3000 that keeps it from being a contest radio?

Don't know about RX or features, but Yaesu radios of this vintage carry 
on the Yaesu tradition of CW clicks. I wouldn't want to have one as a 
neighbor. A firmware update about 2 years ago improved it, but not enough.

Here's a report I put together a few years ago comparing ARRL Lab data 
on a selection of radios used by contesters. The FTDX5000 is 
representative of the FTDX3000 in this regard.

http://k9yc.com/TXNoise.pdf

73, Jim K9YC