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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
March 17, 2001
If you own a Yaesu FT-1000MP transceiver or are considering purchasing one, here is a Web page dedicated to this top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art Amateur Radio equipment.
My first HF transceiver was a top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art Yaesu radio--the FTdx560, which cost $450 way back during the Nixon administration. The prices of ham transceivers, as well as their state of the art have changed dramatically during the ensuing three decades. Today, Yaesu's very popular FT-1000MP will set you back a lot more than what my FTdx560 cost, but you'll also get a lot more radio.
 The Yaesu FT-1000MP Page provides a variety of resources for Yaesu's top-of-the-line transceiver. |
Doug McCann, VA3CR, (va3cr@rac.ca) has built a Web page for those lucky enough to own an FT-1000MP. His Yaesu FT-1000MP page contains 33 links that are related to the radio. Among them are valuable resources like general tips, software compatibility information, modifications, connections and interfaces to external equipment (like computers, sound cards, TNCs, RTTY terminal units, SSTV hardware, etc). A very valuable link provided by N1EU summarizes how to use the FT-1000MP menus for setting up the transceiver.
VA3CR's page also has a link to his new page dedicated to Yaesu's FT-1000MP upgrade, the Mark-V, which adds some nice bells and whistles to the MP platform plus more output power. And for additional FT-1000MP support, there is a link for joining the FT-1000MP QTH.net mailing list, where owners and users exchange information concerning their favorite radio.
Thanks to K1RO for letting me know about this Web page. Until next time, keep on surfin'.
Editor's note: Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, of downtown Wolcott, Connecticut, is an ARRL Life Member and an incessant contributor to QST and QEX (504 pieces in 22 years), not to mention the author of five ARRL books and contributor to a bevy of other ARRL titles. First licensed in 1969 as WN1LOU, he upgraded to WA1LOU in 1971. Stan began using computers with Amateur Radio in 1978 when he bought a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I computer and wrote BASIC programs to dupe contests and calculate antenna bearings. A virtual beach boy, Stan has been surfing the radio dials as long as he can remember, however, instead of surfing all over Manhattan and down Doheny Way, he now surfs the Internet searching for that perfect page. To contact Stan, send email to wa1lou@arrl.net.
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