[Yaesu] FT1000 (D) or FT2000?

[Scott Manthe]

Welcome to the 21st century. ;)

The FT-2000 doesn't have cascaded filters because the IF DSP works as 
the second filter. This certainly isn't a design flaw, although one 
could debate how well it's implemented in the FT-2000.

Oddly, one of my friends, who is a traffic handler, DXer and contester, 
sold his FT-1000D after getting a FT-2000. He says the performance is 
comparable and the 2000 is less fatiguing to listen to.

Dave Maley wrote:
> Chris;
> You have posed an interesting question.  I also have been looking at the
> FT-2000, but still have a '1000D on my desk.  This one is an older unit,
> built in 1991, I've gone through it and added the Inrad roofing filter and
> the cooling system mod so that it's quiet.
> The issue with the FT-2000 is its front end, so I found a place where I
> could download the FT-2000 service manual to compare against the '1000D.
> Now while the FT-2000 is a nice radio, it's not really in the same class
> as the '1000D.  I suspect if Yaesu were still trying to build a FT-1000D,
> the selling price would be around $5K.  Yaesu stopped building the '1000D
> because they couldn't get some components, not because they couldn't sell
> them.
> I put the front-end schematics side by side.  Decided that Yaesu still
> likes using a million tiny relays.  Why they decided, on the FT-2000, to
> put some of the bandpass filters on the large main board and some on a
> daughter board is beyond me.  The FT-2000 roofing filters are just single
> pole monolithic filters.  The original '1000D had two filters cascaded.
> I think you get the idea.  I've decided to keep my '1000D, at this point
> and wait for the 'Digital Cat Wisker" radio to show up.  Good luck with
> your decision.
> Dave
> WA0ZZG
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