N1mm logger and winkey config for ft897d

#N1MM LOGGER AND WINKEY CONFIG FOR FT897D UPDATE#
#N1MM LOGGER AND WINKEY CONFIG FOR FT897D PRO#
#N1MM LOGGER AND WINKEY CONFIG FOR FT897D SOFTWARE#

Feels like a CW operatorвЂ™s dream with variable filtering. Just a few days of casual playing around and IвЂ™m already pretty quick with the basic features - adjusting noise blanker, filter widths, the dual receiver AF and band controls, etc.ДЇirst impressions: Wow! Quiet receiver, great sensitivity, great noise reduction and noise blanking, handy and sensible sub-receiver tools (except for the antenna selection limitations). ItвЂ™s big, beautiful and daunting if you take it all in at once.ДЄs with any rig, you get familiar with it over time. The radio is the same size as the FT-1000 and FT-920 (though the 2000 is about an inch deeper toward the back). ThereвЂ™s a lot to learn, no matter which radio youвЂ™ve had in the past.

You wonвЂ™t take this radio out of the box and start using it immediately. However, when transmitting, you can set VFO-B (the sub-receiver) to transmit on either Antenna 1 or 2. Sub-receiver works in the same bandpass filter set as the main receiver, so even with VFO-A on 20M and VFO-B on 40M, it all has to be on one antenna. one antenna on VFO-A and another on VF0-BвЂ¦ sad, as even the FT-920 allowed a separate antenna on each VFO, it just didnвЂ™t allow me to listen to both VFOs at the same time.) However, the rig doesnвЂ™t allow independent antenna selection for receiving (i.e. The FT-2000 also will work well as a SO2V (single-operator, two-VFO) radio, though the sub-receiver is limited to whatever I can hear on the same antenna as the main receiver - great for picking up mults on your running band.Д«oth receivers can be tuned to different bands. The FT-2000 wipes out the power line noise almost entirely, with no side-effects when thereвЂ™s a strong adjacent signal (which was an issue with the FT-920 - its noise blanker was great, but a busy band defeated it and allowed the noise to creep through). (Except for the glaring error of having a keyer with Mode B keying only, it is contest-grade). Contest-grade all the way, it seemed to say to me.

I looked at the new FT-950В - a great-looking rig for the price.Д«ut the FT-2000 kept calling out to me.

#N1MM LOGGER AND WINKEY CONFIG FOR FT897D PRO#

I looked at used, older Icom IC-756В and Pro IIs, but IвЂ™ve never had an Icom and all my cabling is set for Yaesu gear.

I considered going real low-cost with the FT-450В (at least it had one roofing filter and IF DSP for a great price, but it isnвЂ™t a contest-grade radio, if only due to its small form-factor).

But after years of salivating over FT-1000MPsВ and MKVs, the new FT-2000 was the radio I wanted. The FT-2000 was actually more than I could afford, at Canadian retail prices (total cost to my door, nearly $2,900 CDN). I read about every new radio in my price range.

Attack the S-7 to S-9 power line noise that BC Hydro has not fixed in three years.

Try SO2R to max out RTTY and CW contest scores.

Enter SSB contests (my FT-920 worked OK, but itвЂ™s outfitted as a CW workhorse with InRad 400hz and 250hz filters, but no narrow SSB or IF DSP filters).

But I didnвЂ™t have a computer-controlled second radio to operate SO2R (single-operator, two-radios). Since 2002 IвЂ™ve used a lone FT-920 - a great radio made 10 times better with the Inrad cascading CW filter board (400 + 250 hz filters installed). Introduction Station upgrades include a new FT-2000 transceiver.

I cannot describe the amazing change in this radio when I updated to firmware v.142 - but youвЂ™ll know the difference the second you turn on the upgraded radio!

#N1MM LOGGER AND WINKEY CONFIG FOR FT897D UPDATE#

This was the much-anticipated PEP (Performance Enhancement Program) update version 1.42.Д®nhancements include an auto-peaking contour (peaks and filters at the same time), awesome DNR (digital noise reduction), and front-panel display of settings in DNR, CW speed, pitch, etc.

#N1MM LOGGER AND WINKEY CONFIG FOR FT897D SOFTWARE#

Yaesu has updated the FT-2000вЂ™s firmware and DSP software - it is an extraordinary improvement for this already great radio.

N1mm logger and winkey config for ft897d