[Yaesu] Roofing filter

Roy Reed g3zig at freenet.co.uk
Thu Jul 20 16:36:00 EDT 2006


Get a valve receiver.Good luck es 73 Roy g3zig.

Hardy Landskov wrote:
> 
> I have had a very different experience. I have a ham that is about 3 blocks
> away from me and he likes to ragchew on 17 and 20 meters. I could not
> operate on those bands when he was on. The radio had terrible buckshot type
> noise when he would transmit (SSB) I put an Inrad roofing filter in my
> FT1000D and I don't hear him anymore.
> This is definately the case where it really helped.
> 73 N7RT
> 
> At 03:47 PM 7/20/06 +0000, Peter Sundberg wrote:
> >At risk of being flamed, I feel that this obsession with having a roofing
> >filter in the FT1000 is somewhat exaggerated.
> >
> >How many times during normal use of the radio do you notice a vast
> >improvement with the roofing filter in line?
> >How may times has this helped you to complete a contact you never would
> >have made without it?
> >
> >Yes, there are specific situations when it helps, but the radio (modified
> >per W8JI) is pretty darn good without it. Even during contests, including
> >Top band.
> >
> >FWIW.
> >
> >73 de Peter SM2CEW
> >www.sm2cew.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >At 21:25 2006-07-19 , Cecil Acuff wrote:
> >>Think I'll stick a roofing filter in my 1000 series and sit back and watch
> >>for a while...
> >>
> >>Cecil
> >>WB5VCE
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "David Novoa, W4DN" <dnovoa at bellsouth.net>
> >>To: <yaesu at contesting.com>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 6:57 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [Yaesu] FT2000 later... FT1000 BACK!?
> >>
> >>
> >>> The Ham Station is notifying those on their waiting list that they will
> >>> have
> >>> the FT-2000 in stock by the end of the month for $2999.  73, Dave,W4DN
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
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