I'd consider the MP even more fragile than the D. I've owned both and never
had a problem with the D, but have fried several coils in my MP's. I solved
my problems with ICE's RX limiters. They are wired into the RX in/out jacks
on the back.
73, Ty K3MM
-----Original Message-----
From: K5NZ@aol.com <K5NZ@aol.com>
To: topband@contesting.com <topband@contesting.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 13:01
Subject: TopBand: FT1000MP RX Input?
>
>> Just a reminder to all using the FT1000D, the aux receive input is not
>>well protected from excessive RF on its input. In an attempt to slightly
>>improve my rx antenna situation I connected up a relatively low 160M-40M
>>trap dipole to its input. On my small suburban lot the dipole is within 20'
>>of the Inv L. Even though I was observing over 10W impinging upon it, prior
>>to connecting it to the aux receive input, I had assumed the radio would
>>open the line when transmitting. It does not and it took less than one
>>character to smoke my 12db pad (and as a consequence my 18db selection
>>also).
>
>Does anyone know if the MP has this same problem or did they make a change on
>the RX input to isolate during xmit?
>
>Thanks Mike k5nz
>
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