I sent Joe a MO for an item he had listed here on EHam.  At first, he responded, with a pic, etc.  So, I sent the MO.  Then sent an email asking about the ship to, if he got that info.  No response. I emailed again, no response.  I asked about the item. No response.  Getting nervous as I have never had a non responsive seller, even called, got his house, not sure who answered but they seemed shocked I called there.

Anyone know this guy, is he a stand up guy, what?  I am not implying just confused by his lack of consideration to contact/communicate with his Buyer.

Concerned.  "Joe" has stuff listed on this website for sale, tells a price, you agree to it, send the payment and unable to contact him afterwards.  anyone know this guy or of this guy?  Cannot find any info.

I have been trying to get ahold of Joe now for over a week.  Lost his phone number, and have been emailing but to no avail....anyone know Joe, have any info?

I have asked that, he is a bit worried I suppose something happening...doesn't do "try it out" scenarios...likely, I will pass then...

Still, never received a direct answer to my question.  Is the 781 as good as or worse than the Mark 5 1000?  Putting aside age, NR.  ?

Received many emails from a scammer posing as N2EFN, giving out Phone a phone number 518-387-9564...countless reversals in what the scammer wanted, etc.  Classic errors, mistakes, poor grammar....be advised if you can, to contact Carlos first before doing any business with him.  Likely this scammer will try to deceive you.  I asked for pics of an item and got some from the internet I had just seen the week before....they weren't from Carlos' shack....

Anyone have any experience with the INRAD IF Noise Reduction mod for the FT-1000?  Worth it, noticeable improvement?  I know two (2) fellows here that did the roofing filter mods and removed them as the radio sounded terrible afterwards....just curious on the IF Noise Reduction mod...

Appreciate any info, and drop me an email also if you wish...

My Mark 5 came with the hand mic.

Still never got any real feedback on the 781.  Those that have them generally have hung on to them...the only repairs I have ever heard of, is the power supply which should be readily repairable and the CRT which I haven't heard of any issues.  There are spare CRTs available out there on Ebay.  Other than the age thing, power supply cooling mod, I know nothing of the performance, etc.  Wish I had one to play with for a few days.

Probably the best choice, but as to spares, the CRTs are readily available, other parts, don't know and that goes for any of the big three...after the end a production run, they won't support their product...I don't know many that have had repair issues on the 781 other then the power supply mod which is still being done....other than that..hard to say...

Yeah......and......

Here is the reason I am asking.  I have the Mark 5 with the key click mod, NB mod, stuffed with filters and works great.  A friend of mine is offering a possible trade of his 781 for Mark 5.  I never used the 781.  I know it is like 15-18 years old, mine 7 years old. I think the performance is about on par with each other, at least from the numbers ARRL and Sherwood put out.  The 2 khz adjacent (near field) ability to reject QRM is lacking in both a bit, as both have dynamic ranges in the low to upper 70s.

The Mark 5 has two receivers, you can run SDR IF Stage from it's IF (if you are into that), has VRF where you can vary the front end signal (not sure if the 781 can do that), and has of course, NR where the 781 doesn't.  I don't use the NR function as the radio handles noise very well with it's two NBs.  I can't speak to the 781's.


I am concerned, even though I know some 781s bring around 1800 used, mine brings 1500-1700 used, again, about the same.


So, would the 781 be better in performance, weak signal work, etc. say on 160....


And would I be well advised to just keep my radio and not swap...hard for me to tell....

Thanks.  Must have glossed over that page.  Will take a look.  Thanks again.

External Band Scope for IC-781.
I have seen it but can't find the info on it.  Anyone know how to provide the external band scope off the 781?

GOt mine working fine.  Found out the LP Pan wasn't configured correctly for the IF of the 1000.  Changed some caps in the front end filter section and works great now.