First pass at USER evaluation of FT-9000d, K3, ORION 1.
Settings were as alike as possible, band had 5 signals from S-7 to S-1 (in
QSO). 20m ssb.
Same speakers, same ant.
Sensitivity: 9=hiss was high pitched and somewhat irritating (no sig)
with sig, hiss not discernable.
3= most quiet with no sig, more base in audio.
1=similar base, higher hiss than 3, but sigs above S-6
sounded vy natural.
All three on vy weak sig.... could not discern any difference.
NR alone: 9= good result but slow processor (?) caused some "blasting" when
NR knob turned.
highest setting kills most hiss. Irritating when knob turned.
3= good result, vy vy small processor delay, highest setting kills
most hiss.
1= great result, vy vy small proc. delay, highest setting kills all
hiss.
NB alone: 9=vy gud on ignition noise, kills all; no effect on other noises
all knob settings.
3= IF "wide 7" gives some chop on sigs, otherwise good.
DSP "T3-7" same chop. Lower both settings-no effect on
no signal condx.
no automobile near by.
1= H only- no effect on no sig condx; H + 9 gave same result,
no car near.
"u Tune" 9=Absolutly great, kills many kinds of noise and BCI. A "must
have" feature!
3 and 1 = no have.
Quiet idle (ant connected, no sigs.): 9, 3, 1= all same, 3 and 1 more
bassy.
Controls: 9= Unequalled for controls of vast number on front panel... Built
in Display etc.,
great fun to use. Bandscope great for this kind with
jagged peaks from bottom
of the scale (like all of them now days). Very useful.
3= Bare bones with lots of multi function knobs, This one is
not for the knob twiddler.
1= Two huge tuning knobs good, but weak weak usefulness of
band scope... mostly useless.
strange sometimes Cut & BW & PBT interact (turn one
affects the other in a bad way)
sometimes does not do this. AF is more base thus less
hiss seems to be there.
Overall score: 9= Best base rig, super fun to play with, performance within
others' range.
3= marginally better on sensitivity but too close to
really call; not enuf knobs.
1= dull looking, hard to love, but lots of info
on-screen;
Very flexible Ant and VFO A/B and Sub.
handling.
Can I keep them all, please mom?
Charles Harpole
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