What a Score!!!

[AK #5]

Found this pristine, one owner and hardly used FT 1000MP on QTH classifieds, along with the external speaker for 800 bucks.

Boy, what a radio.

It's not a Mark V, but hey, you can't beat the price!!!

 

[w9cll]

Great deal!!!

 

[fourstringburn]

I'd say so!

 

[Tallman]

Great Deal!

 

[AK #5]

Added a few more items.

 

[RoadRanger]

Very nice score

 

[tba02]

Nice looking radio!

 

[BBB]

Dig it. Got mine at a HAM fest loaded up with filters a few years back for about the same price. Great radio with dual tuners and it's got (2) reliable Toshiba 2sc2879s in the the final PA stage. For that reason alone, you may not need the Mark V 200W version. The FT1000-MP plays very nice with what ever medium to large amplifier you may run behind it.

You can also get in on some decent AM & ESSB HiFi audio action with a few menu settings. It is not a power house in AM mode but can achieve close to 100% modulation as long as the ALC is not triggered. This is accomplished on my transceiver by setting the radio mic gain down to about 8-9 o'clock and reducing AM carrier power down to about 5-7 watts with the mic gain turned up on a good quality powered microphone. No use of the onboard processor is required (although I use a bit of compression and digital processing built into in the Syncron desk microphone I use.) Note: the RF power knob is very touchy on the low end and could stand to be replaced with a wider range pot.

Haven't got the over zealous ALC tamed yet but I did notice a setting in the secret squirrel factory service menu about ALC levels on a handful of Bandwidths. Just keep in mind that you should document any factory settings before playing with any of the those.

Good luck and it should serve you well for many years.

 

[Ron D. Smith]

WoW, great price, I just bought a FT-1000MP Mk5 for $1000 with the 6 meter unit and power supply. Seems to be a great rig.

 

[Shockwave]

Dig it. Got mine at a HAM fest loaded up with filters a few years back for about the same price. Great radio with dual tuners and it's got (2) reliable Toshiba 2sc2879s in the the final PA stage. For that reason alone, you may not need the Mark V 200W version. The FT1000-MP plays very nice with what ever medium to large amplifier you may run behind it.

This rig uses the Motorola MRF-422 transistors for operation at 28 volts. Unfortunately I've seen at least three of them (in 20 years) eat their finals or drivers for no apparent reason. Most rigs that used these transistors required a major power supply failure to take these transistors out. It's one of the only HF rigs I've seen capable of blowing up the MRF-486 drivers with no power supply, bias or final problems associated with the failure. While not common, they do seem to have a slightly higher failure rate than other PA sections using the same transistors.