Chris;
You have posed an interesting question. I also have been looking at the
FT-2000, but still have a '1000D on my desk. This one is an older unit,
built in 1991, I've gone through it and added the Inrad roofing filter and
the cooling system mod so that it's quiet.
The issue with the FT-2000 is its front end, so I found a place where I
could download the FT-2000 service manual to compare against the '1000D.
Now while the FT-2000 is a nice radio, it's not really in the same class
as the '1000D. I suspect if Yaesu were still trying to build a FT-1000D,
the selling price would be around $5K. Yaesu stopped building the '1000D
because they couldn't get some components, not because they couldn't sell
them.
I put the front-end schematics side by side. Decided that Yaesu still
likes using a million tiny relays. Why they decided, on the FT-2000, to
put some of the bandpass filters on the large main board and some on a
daughter board is beyond me. The FT-2000 roofing filters are just single
pole monolithic filters. The original '1000D had two filters cascaded.
I think you get the idea. I've decided to keep my '1000D, at this point
and wait for the 'Digital Cat Wisker" radio to show up. Good luck with
your decision.
Dave
WA0ZZG
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> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:05:43 +1300
> From: Chris Parnell <cparnell1001@mac.com>
> Subject: [Yaesu] FT1000 (D) or FT2000?
> To: yaesu@contesting.com
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I am considering selling my beautiful FT-990 (which depresses me
> greatly!) in order to pay for a trip overseas and then save for either
> a second hand FT1000 / 1000D or FT2000.
>
> Just wanted to put the question out there to get some thoughts. I used
> to own a 1000D some time back and realise how good it is, but haven't
> tried the 2000 but have seen some in-different reviews on the FT2000
> but would like to get some feedback from users of both.
>
> Hope you can help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Parnell - ZL1CDP
>
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