Mr. Brown and a few others repeatedly claim Yaesu rigs cause all sorts
of noise, yet fail to substantiate or provide serious proof beyond
quoting Rob Sherwood NC0B who,. purportedly, has a neighbor with a noisy
FT3000, and mentioning early FT1000s which Yaesu eventually fixed along
the way. Mr. Brown accumulated graphs published by the ARRL Lab,
which are interesting, yet fail to prove the point - mostly, I am told,
because the problem involves a DIFFERENT TYPE of noise, which ARRL Lab
Chief Allison told me was not being measured, although it had plans to
do so in the future. Thus, these claims are essentially anecdotal
hearsay with several ops merely repeating what others have said.
Without serious technical substantiation, these claims are somewhat
reckless with undue chilling effect on owning and using Yaesu and other
brand radios, as if Elecraft is all good and without fault. I was truly
impressed and caught off guard when Mr. Wayne at Elecraft admitted its
transmitters are using old-school technology and could stand much
improvement, along with the rest of the crowd - a frankly humble and
forthright statement which earned my respect. I live in a fairly large
metropolitan area with a lot of other hams, and no one is complaining
about noisy transmitters from any brand. This seems to be an obsession
of a very few hams who enjoy mounting the soap box.
I wish everyone would be as careful and as measured expressing their
take. as Mr. Wayne. K8JHR
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