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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
