[UK-CONTEST] Yaesu firmware upgrades

[Clive Whelan]

Thanks Jin, and to all others who replied privately. I agree that the 
figures are not that bad, and paradoxically better than the FT2000, but 
then that rig has an unenviable reputation :-(

I will QSP your reccos, but the bloke in question is a very experienced 
amateur, so imagine he's already been there. He used to live about 500 
yards from me and his F1000MP didn't flinch at my 400w of CW, ditto my 
756PRO3 with his 400w! I guess he is  just noticing the difference.

Thanks again

73


Clive
GW3NJW

Jiri Culak wrote:
> Hello Clive
>
> FT-450 is not that bad. I presume we talk about LF bands, specially 40m.
> Make sure your pal has IPO enabled and 20dB ATT as that will bypass that silly preamp which goes all the way from 600kHz to 60MHz.
> I had similar issue with FT857D I am still using and I never switched preamp back on (by default setting it is on)
>
> Hope that might help, if not I hope it wont make harm :)
>
> 73
>
> Jiri M0ITY
>
> Kind regards
>  
> Jiri Culak
> LWSS Ltd.
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> Hi List
>
> I'm trying to help an ex-pat in EA5 who has an FT450 which is getting 
> blown away by IMD from the QRO stations in I , 9A etc. Yeah, I know, 
> what did he expect from such a c*** rig, but he had to carry it over on 
> a plane so anything more was impractical. He thinks that a firmware 
> upgrade might provide some benefit, which I frankly doubt, but I must 
> try to help him. I can see various references to such upgrades, but 
> can't see the source on the Yaesu UK or USA sites, which are just 
> marketing vehicles afaics. Is there some other site I could look perhaps?
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
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