Observation on new Synthesizers for K3

[John Bohnovic]

How could Yaesu release the radio, with the original CW bandwidth, for
production in the first place?

73..de John/K4WJ

On 7/8/2015 9:43 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> On Wed,7/8/2015 10:28 AM, Mike Harris wrote:
>> The transceiver in question is an FTDX5000.
>
> According to FCC measurments, it's one of the worst of the expensive
> modern rigs for CW bandwidth. BUT -- Yaesu issued a firmware update
> last fall, and my before/after measurements of a N6TA's FTDX5000
> showed a significant improvement.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Oh, that's easy to explain.

Overheard: "CW? What's CW? ... Really? ... Nobody uses that anymore. You
actually going to spend money on THAT???"

73, Guy K2AV

On Thursday, July 9, 2015, John Bohnovic <[hidden email]> wrote:

> How could Yaesu release the radio, with the original CW bandwidth, for
> production in the first place?
>
> 73..de John/K4WJ
>
> On 7/8/2015 9:43 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
>> On Wed,7/8/2015 10:28 AM, Mike Harris wrote:
>>
>>> The transceiver in question is an FTDX5000.
>>>
>>
>> According to FCC measurments, it's one of the worst of the expensive
>> modern rigs for CW bandwidth. BUT -- Yaesu issued a firmware update last
>> fall, and my before/after measurements of a N6TA's FTDX5000 showed a
>> significant improvement.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
>

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[Jim Brown-10]

Bob,

Correcting my original post, I meant to say "According to ARRL Lab
measurements."

I don't know enough about Yaesu history to know the answer to that.

On Wed,7/8/2015 7:01 PM, Richard W. Solomon wrote:
> So you are saying the FTDX-5KMP is no longer one of the worst ???

No, just not as bad as before the update. :)

> Where does it stack up today, in your opinion ??

I suspect it's in the range of the Icom rigs -- 7800, 7600, but won't
know until I can measure one to the same precision that I measured the
FTDX5000.

73, Jim K9YC
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