Yes, but is it a difference you can discern without the use of
special test equipment?
Absolutely! The FT-991 will be much more noisy, suffer much more QRM
from adjacent signals and suffer much more blocking from strong signals
on the other end of the band.
Anyone who has had a K3 and an Icom 756 Pro or TS-480 side by side and
on the same antenna system can tell the difference in a few minutes of
use.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 9/3/2015 4:42 PM, bs usb wrote:
Al,
Yes, but is it a difference you can discern without the use of special
test equipment?
If I can't hear the difference, then there is no difference.
Besides Collins, Heathkit, and Drake were perfectly capable radios. I
expect the 991 is equally capable and it offers as standard features
that are expensive options elsewhere.
Al Gulseth wrote:
Guess I'm not reading the chart the same way you are: I find the 991's
specs
(sort of) in line with or even below decades-old rigs on the list from
Atlas,
Collins, Drake, Heathkit, and Ten-Tec. There's quite a bit of difference
between the 991 and the top of the list (as in the "3" series
Elecrafts etc.)
Now if your criteria for choosing a rig is one that will impress the
ladies
with its looks, maybe the 991 is the way to go ;-)
73, Al
On Thu September 3 2015 2:45:15 pm bs usb wrote:
Indeed, the FT-991 is on the list, way down toward the bottom, but its
vitals appear to be right in line with those at the top of the list.
Henry Pollock - K4TMC wrote:
Sherwood Engineering test data is available at
http://www.sherweng.com/table.html.
The FT-991 was added back on 8/05. It is way down the list!
73,
Henry - K4TMC
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:25 AM, bs usb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I think ICOM is a day late and a dollar short. Yaesu beat them to
it with the FT-991.
I have not found any performance tests on either one of these
radios. I might have to buy one and test it myself.
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