I sold an old boat anchor I had collecting dust and made enough money off of it to obtain some new goodies to go with my new FT-950. I first added the SP-2000 speaker from Yaseu. This is the filtered speaker that matches the radio very well and the filtering is what makes it far better than a normal speaker. Yet after getting it I found that the sound was not exactly like I had hope it to be so I did what I have done in the past and took the speaker apart and placed Acoustic foam behind the speaker to fill up the open cavity and wow what a difference that made in the sound. I would recommend it for any low-end speaker if you want a better sounding speaker. Since I had foam left over I did the same with the matching non-filtered speaker for my TS-2000 and once again I came away very happy with the results.
The next item I picked up is the RF Space IF-2000 board which mounts internally in the FT-950 and allows the IF to be taken outside the radio via a small diameter coax connector with a BNC fitting on it. The next item was the LP Pan Adapter which works in conjunction with IF-2000 allowing my to have a real honest to goodness SDR receiver with my FT-950.
Adding the two SDR items was only $300.00 and I think it is well worth the money, I have been using it with the FT-950 and I can now see what various function actually do when they are used such as the contour setting and the roofing filter. When you can see the effect on the screen it seems to be easier for me to understand that just reading about it. I will take some pictures tomorrow and show you what the screen looks as well as the gear.
The next item I picked up is the RF Space IF-2000 board which mounts internally in the FT-950 and allows the IF to be taken outside the radio via a small diameter coax connector with a BNC fitting on it. The next item was the LP Pan Adapter which works in conjunction with IF-2000 allowing my to have a real honest to goodness SDR receiver with my FT-950.
Adding the two SDR items was only $300.00 and I think it is well worth the money, I have been using it with the FT-950 and I can now see what various function actually do when they are used such as the contour setting and the roofing filter. When you can see the effect on the screen it seems to be easier for me to understand that just reading about it. I will take some pictures tomorrow and show you what the screen looks as well as the gear.