The audio DSP on the MP was a nice implementation for it's time. The one big drawback was that the front-end and VHF IF's crushed easily. Going from the MP to the K3, at NY4A, a whole new layer of DX emerged that was hidden in the crunch-crud. The selectivity, with matched INRAD filters at 8 MHz and 455 kHz IF, was and remains excellent. The MP was a huge step up from my FT101ZD.
73, Guy. On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Nate Bargmann <[email protected]> wrote: > * On 2010 23 Nov 06:47 -0600, Barry N1EU wrote: >> >> >> Nate Bargmann wrote: >> > >> > The FT-920 as it was made was a nice step up from older/less featured >> > radios. Had Yaesu opted to incorporate IF DSP in it, the cost may have >> > approached that of the FT-1000MP and I think they were looking at a >> > middle point between that and the FT-840. The AF DSP wasn't such a bad >> > implementation it's just that corners were cut in the IF stage and it >> > suffered from strong signal blow-by. >> > >> FWIW, the FT-1000MP didn't have IF DSP either. > > That's interesting. I assumed it did. I sat in front of a couple of > MPs in two different shacks over the years and it did not inspire me to > buy one despite the hype. > > 73, de Nate N0NB >> > > -- > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > > Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
