I owned many years ago a FT-1000D and one month was enough for me to know that it was not a good radio for contestings/dx chase,not only I suffered the low BDR but also the high noise floor that did not let me hear weak stations from the noise,and of course when some one was close to my freq I lost the weak dx station.End of the story I sold it to buy the new FT-1000MP that was day and night compared to the 1000D. AD4C
"For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3" --- On Sun, 1/10/10, Steve Ireland <vk...@arach.net.au> wrote: From: Steve Ireland <vk...@arach.net.au> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 versus Yaesu FT-1000D To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 5:39 AM G'day It has been interested in reading the thread about a (or some) 'big gun' contesters still preferring the classic FT-1000D over the Elecraft K3. I used to have two FT-1000Ds (sold an FT-1000MP to buy the first one - the FT-1000D's audio peaking filter and nicer receive audio gave it the edge). I sold the first FT-1000D to buy a K3 and then sat the two alongside each other in a series of contests. I have two keen contesters nearby - one about 1km away and the other 10km away (which is a really nasty distance on the low-bands). The FT-1000D's blocking dynamic range (BDR) could barely cope, but with the K3's BDR and the 500Hz roofing filter I could not tell if the other blokes were on the same band unless they came within under one kilohertz of me on CW. On the FT-1000D, I could hear them 3 or 4 KHz away and it was impossible to operate much closer to them than 2 to 3 KHz on CW, making me miss stations regularly. Within six months I had sold the other FT-1000D and have never regretted it. The FT-1000D may look and feel a million dollars in comparison to the K3 (and is a great radio), but I know which one gets the job done better at my QTH in a contesting situation. Vy 73 Steve, VK6VZ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
