New Toy

[W5IEI]

Just in time for Christmas:
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020lzCxVNg0AAamyjzbkF/SIG=13gsm3jb1/EXP=1293311219/**http%3a//3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y0kTjhHZoaw/SxQe5bPzKfI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/GfXay1a1gmk/s1600/ftdx5000.jpg

I'll hopefully have it shortly after the new year.
I hope to talk to many Islanders on it.
Mike

[KC9ECI]

Nice. You should have lots of fun with that.

[NQ6U]

Yep. Nice. Ya bastid.

Jealous? Me? Nah...

[PA5COR]

Congrats, excellent choice.

Hope it will arrive soon then ;)

[n2ize]

Nice little radio. Not quite a Globe King 500 but still....VERY NICE !!

[N7YA]

Wow! Me want!

Ill end up with one eventually! Excellent christmas present though...it falls into the 'salivation effect' catagory for sure.

[W5IEI]

I had a REALLY REALLY hard time choosing between it,and a 9000C.
The specs are better on the 5000,but my long term love affair with the FT-102,and the similarities with the 9000C made it a difficult choice.

[NQ6U]

Ahh, them Yaesu things ain't all that great. Give me a good ol' Swan 350 any day.

[KC9ECI]

If you decide that you really don't like it I'd be happy to trade you an early FT-101, but you're gonna have to sweeten the deal a bit and throw in at least $50 and a 6 pack of tasty beer.

[n2ize]

Ahh, them Yaesu things ain't all that great. Give me a good ol' Swan 350 any day.

Those new fangled radios can't possibly work. Where are the tubes ? Where are the blowers and the chimneys to cool the finals ? Where the milliampere meter to measure the plate current ?

[W5IEI]

Those new fangled radios can't possibly work. Where are the tubes ? Where are the blowers and the chimneys to cool the finals ? Where the milliampere meter to measure the plate current ?

AHAAAA!
I also covered that naked spot in my shack with a refurbished set of Drake B twins!!!

[kb2vxa]

Just be careful how you stack those Drakes.

[WØTKX]

Congrats... What? Not an American Made Eagle for Christmas? :neener:

It's purty on the inside... :mrgreen:

http://cdn2.tentec.com/promo/599_Eagle.jpg

[n2ize]

Congrats... What? Not an American Made Eagle for Christmas? :neener:

It's purty on the inside... :mrgreen:

http://cdn2.tentec.com/promo/599_Eagle.jpg

It looks like an interesting radio. It's minimalist but I'll bet quite functional. Anyone have any quality reports ? Good ? Bad ??

[WØTKX]

It's close to the K3, and less money. Think baby Orion.

[W5GA]

Yeah, the rx specs are pretty outstanding on that radio.

[n2ize]

AHAAAA!
I also covered that naked spot in my shack with a refurbished set of Drake B twins!!!

Sounds nice. I wouldn't mind having a pair of those Drake twins. They are a classic set of radios.

[NQ6U]

Sounds nice. I wouldn't mind having a pair of those Drake twins. They are a classic set of radios.

Same here, and I will get a pair eventually. Watching a friend work a CW contact on a pair of Drake twins is what got me interested in ham radio in the first place.

[n2ize]

Same here, and I will get a pair eventually. Watching a friend work a CW contact on a pair of Drake twins is what got me interested in ham radio in the first place.

For AM work on vintage rigs I prefer the Viking 2, Globe King, Valiant, .KW-1, Desk KW, Homebrew 813 rig or Class E. etc. But, much like you're experience, my first exposure to real "ham radio" equipment was via the classic Drake Twins and Yaesu FT-101. I wouldn't mind owning either. BTW the FT-101 was an awesome radio for AM audio-wise. With proper (and simple) mods you could get a near flat audio response from 0 cycles to > 16k. Run it into an amp and and good antenna and you've got a hi fi AM rig ready to compete with the AM Tall Ships of the Northeast. The Drakes ? Not sso good on AM but still, very desirable pair of rigs.

[N8YX]

If you folks prefer solid-state Drake Twins, I'm going to be putting a few sets of these up for sale in the coming months.

[NQ6U]

If you folks prefer solid-state Drake Twins, I'm going to be putting a few sets of these up for sale in the coming months.

I'm mostly interested in the 4-series tube rigs although it's all academic for me at the moment. Still, let us know when the time comes.

[W5IEI]

It's here,
I've only had it for 2 hours so far,but,I'll give you boyz a report soon.
Mike

[W1GUH]

Link's gone...what the heck have you guys been talking about?

[PA5COR]

Yaesu FT 5000 DX

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQy-yi_0tJWvfk8iY2vMnHspPRRCiHxn4rJEDM3w_Kgad2qr6WOyQ

[N7YA]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! :hyper:


Nummy!

[KA5PIU]

Hello.

I first saw that Yaesu, looked at the 2 speaker ports, and said Damn nice looking boom box! ;)

[KG4CGC]

Hello.

I first saw that Yaesu, looked at the 2 speaker ports, and said Damn nice looking boom box! ;)Prefetching is not allowed due to the various privacy issues that arise.

[NQ6U]

"Prefetching" sounds like some kind of perverted sexual act, Charles.

[KG4CGC]

"Prefetching" sounds like some kind of perverted sexual act, Charles.
I think you're talking about forefetching.

[KA5PIU]

Hello.

Fetching?! go fetch me a Taco!

[WØTKX]

Uhhh... Post Taco Felching?

[N7YA]

:sick: :vomit:

[W5IEI]

Took a few days to get the parametric equalizer sounding okay to friends who know me personally,I really like the receiver.
The warm sound coming from the SM 5000 is awesome!
The scope is crap,but I have LP Pan in a closet somewhere I'll hook up soon.
NOTHING drives an amplifier like a Yaesu!
Pictures do not do this rig justice,it's very pretty to look at.
Filtering,and NR as well as autonotch are very well done.
The built in keyer is great.The speech processor works very well,I don't normally run one,but now might.
I've tried the PR-40,PR 781,PR-20,Ten Tec 708,Ten Tec Regal mics.Ten Tec 8 pin is the same as Yaesu,I think any mic can be made to sound great on this rig.
I still have much to learn,and experiment with,but these are my early observations.
Mike

[PA5COR]

Good to see the first results are so positive Mike, glad you like the transceiver, saw it at a show, and was really pleased with it.

Keep us informed of your hands on results please ;)

[W3WN]

Ahh, them Yaesu things ain't all that great. Give me a good ol' Swan 350 any day.

Want one? I have one that needs some TLC, but haven't had time to do anything with it yet.

[NQ6U]

Want one? I have one that needs some TLC, but haven't had time to do anything with it yet.

I was sort of joking, the Swan 350 having had a rather bad reputation. "Swan Three-drifty" was a commonly used epithet.

Just out of curiosity, though, how much would you sell it for? Not that I'm in the market for any new gear seeing how it's all I can do to meet expenses right now.

[W3WN]

I was sort of joking, the Swan 350 having had a rather bad reputation. "Swan Three-drifty" was a commonly used epithet.

Just out of curiosity, though, how much would you sell it for? Not that I'm in the market for any new gear seeing how it's all I can do to meet expenses right now.
Actually, as I recall, that was one of the few epithets that you could say on the air.

I hadn't really thought about a price. It was given to me a few years ago, allegedly had been stored in a cabinet for years unused, so I suspect that most or all of the caps will need replaced. I do have the remote VFO & both AC & DC (mobile) power supplies and a Swan SWR bridge to go with it. I'd be more interested in a trade than cash, though. With a teenager in the house, cash tends to get spent, and not on radio gear!

[NQ6U]

Actually, as I recall, that was one of the few epithets that you could say on the air.

Funny thing is, I actually have the matching antenna tuner. Works fine, too--I use it every time I go on the air. I was in the process of building a home-brew tuner when someone offered me the Swan for $50. I couldn't even buy the parts I needed on eBay for that little.


I'd be more interested in a trade than cash, though.

Well, it's a good thing I don't really want it since you and I have been down that road already...

[W3WN]

< snip >
Well, it's a good thing I don't really want it since you and I have been down that road already...Hmmm. Nah, I wouldn't ask you to trade that.

[W5IEI]

Good to see the first results are so positive Mike, glad you like the transceiver, saw it at a show, and was really pleased with it.

Keep us informed of your hands on results please ;)

COR,
I found something I don't like very well.
The noise blanker is pretty bad!
I have local oilfield telemetry here that destroys 75/80 meters,so must run NB there.
With the NB on,I can hear buckshot from 10 kc up,or down the band from strong signals.
There are many adjustments yet to try,so I'm holding out hope I'll find the right combination.
At least on the NB,Orion II wins.
Mike

[PA5COR]

Bummer on the Noise Blanker...it is a variable and double N.B. isn't it? i would expect better results.
Reading a few reviews people seemed satisfied with the N.B., With my FT 847 the N.B. ( totally different radio though) i find that switching in the N.B. will with a strong signal next to the receiving frequency cause "splattering" from that strong signal, switching off the N.B. will stop the splattering.
Adding the ATT ( attenuator) before using the N.B. mostly lowers the splattering.
Using the standard ceramic I.F. filters or the Collins Xtal filters ( 2.4 KHz) made no real difference.

Looks like your N.B. has the same sort of problem as in my radio.
Most N.B. work the best with impulse noises created by ignition noise, as does my noise blanker.
Here i tried to get rid of the source(s) of noise first in my direct surroundings, and not use the N.B. but rather the DSP.

Let's see that you can find the right settings to get rid of the noise, though getting rid of the noise at the source is always the best solution, better as masking the problem.
Thanks for the heads up ;)

[WØTKX]

My TS-850SAT does that too, and it has a good NB mod. However, I get better results if I use the attenuator/RF gain along with listening a lot narrower than is my habit... I like 4-6KC wide on SSB as it sounds damn nice. Living just west of downtown Denver in an older neighborhood means I don't have much choice a lot of the time, and I adjust to the conditions.

My Pegasus is a little better, but it gets blown away by strong signals compared to the TS-850, which shows a difference in the NB design, I guess. Both radios kick butt on the problem compared to my FT-857D's, which is not surprising. But a NB is a compromise, finding and fixing a nasty noise source is the real solution... and if it is truly bad, the FCC is more likely to enforce that than a QRMer party on 75.

Maybe a note to Rob Sherwood at Sherwood Engineering might help? :dunno:

[NQ6U]

Oddly enough, my old IC-736 has an excellent noise blanker. And since I live about 50 yards from the city corporation yard and an 80-foot tower festooned with various types of communication and telemetry equipment, I need it.