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Review Summary For : Yaesu FT-1000
Reviews: 13MSRP: 3200
Description:
Excellent performer, almost identical to FT-1000D
Product is not in production
More Info: http://yaesu.hamgear.eu/ft-1000.html
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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W0RDX Rating: 2018-04-10
Great Series of a Model Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have owned the FT_1000MPMKV and now own two (2) FT-1000MPMKV Fields (prefer the field as easier to maintain then a 200W 28VDC final radio).

Filtering is great, rcvr is incredible, able to filter out just about anything and great dynamic range. I have used newer radios TS-590, K3, etc. but always come back the 1000. Why? It is so darn much fun to use and really heightens my user experience. No complaints!
M0AUW Rating: 2018-04-10
Excellent Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I've always wanted a Yaesu FT1000 since I used my brother in laws 1000d. Now I actually own one and it was ridiculously cheap for such a great radio, I feel very lucky. Great filtering and I have the BPF-1, its virtually the d (or near enough)! Great reports from my contacts, great receiver, I love the filtering especially for CW, you can narrow it right down and you have 200w at your fingertips. I just can't fault it with all switches to hand it's easy to use. The design maybe 20 years old, but it's still a keeper!
KB8QID Rating: 2015-07-07
GREAT RADIO Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I got my FT 1000 from a friend who sold it for a steal of a price. One of those, I don't care what I do I have to sell to have this radio, prices. Anyway, the SK who had owned it took good care of it. There is some wear on the body, but the face is great. I use a PR 781 mic on the radio and get great audio reports. At some point I will get the BPF-1 to add for the second receiver. This radio is loaded with filters, although not the D model, and I do not regret buying it. If you find one for a good price, pick it up, you will not regret it.
W4BDX Rating: 2015-06-23
Yaesu without reservations Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have owned this rig for over 3 years now, got it from original owner in prestine condition with all filters and options available. Yaesu's last analog type radio with endless list of features that are right at your fingertips. I only do phone so I could not give a report on CW operation but all previous reviews are giving high 5's on CW and it's great APF functionality. I own several rigs, they are mainly analog rigs or hybrids, I have to say that the FT-1000 is far superior in every way, that was the case at the time when it was in production. Still this radio is well tought out for contesting and Dx'ing from many Ham operators. My personal opinion about this radio is that it was manufactured without reservations, all materials used are high quality and not cheap plastic. It is a very heavy rig, all knobs and buttoms are well constructed and conveniently placed for you. The VFO knob is a dream, it turns so smoothly with only one finger, it is not hard to turn like someone else mentioned, maybe mine has the weighted knob. Receive is expectacular and it has a very low noice floor, very quiet and selective. It puts out 200+ watts out on all bands, have gotten great audio reports from many Hams all over the world. This one is a radio for life based on its engineering and construction, lots of attention to detail from Yaesu! 73,
GW0GEI Rating: 2012-10-30
Excellent performer and joy to operate Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I bought my first ft1000 just before they ceased importing them into the UK. Previously ran Yaesu hf radios including ft101, and ft920af, and Kenwood ts430 and ts850sat, before buying an ic7400 (ic746pro) for mainly 6m (main band here).

I ran the ft1000 in hf contests and for low band dxing - superb performance, and I bought and sold on an ft1kmp after finding it was not up to the original ft1k performance on the low bands. I installed Inrad 1.8kc ssb filter in second if which improved the contesting experience but never felt the need to add second rx cw filter or extra cw filters. The apf and shift/width were a dream to use in contests and I have yet to find a better cw operation radio. I installed a second hand bpf1 filter unit for the second rx as another upgrade and played with diversity reception for while. I eventually sold the radio in 2009, partly due to an impending job and house move where I was needing to downsize towers antennas and radios/amps prior to the move, but mainly due to the very good price I was offered for it.

I used my ic7400 on hf as well as 6m and 2m for first two years after house move but then started to miss the second receiver from the ft1k. I bought a ft1kmk5 field to try which had inrad filters and inrad roofing filter installed. That was a nice radio but still missed my ft1k and the quality feel of the radio plus the apf on cw. I sold the ft1kmk5 on for a profit and kept an eye out for a decent second hand ft1kd or ft1k. I eventually found one in good order with the bpf1 unit installed as an upgrade and I bought it earlier this year. I still had my microham keyer usb router interface leads in their box so it hooked up real easy with the shack laptop and it felt like an old friend had returned. I have played in a few domestic contests on ssb and cw this year and cqwwssb on 80m last weekend. Its still a dream to operate and the only thing missing for me is 6m and a transverter port! I need to open it up on tx so I can operate 5mhz again and I will probably get it serviced and some extra filters installed at some point. I keep looking at the ftdx5k and now the ftdx3k for the dual rx on 6m but the price is just making me hold back along with a little voice in my head saying don't do it!

For hf/lf dxing and contesting you cannot go far wrong with an ft1k at the price you can still pick up a second hand one if you look carefully. ON cw they are superb. They look great, they are still the preferred radio for field day contest here in the uk, and one day I might implement the transverter port mod that a techie friend of mine worked out was possible:-)

I would give it 4.9 if it was possible to do so but I have to give it a strong 4 due to the absence of a transverter port and the key click /nb issues in the original design (what were they thinking of putting a top end £4k radio without atrvtr port?!

If you have never tried one I would advise you to try one out - you may be surprised if you have one on the bench next to a more modern radio!
WB0MMZ Rating: 2008-11-26
So many features but a breeze to use. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I just purchased this radio on Ebay for a very nice price. I sold my Kenwood TS-2000 which I bought new 3 years ago. The Kenwood is a great radio but a little too technical for me. The FT-1000 is a much better radio with an excellent receiver and so much easier to navigate. It puts out the full 200 watts plus. The nice thing is that the manual is only about 85 pages and that includes the schematics. I have owned numerous radios with the built-in tuners and they were somewhat noisy. The tuner on the Yaesu is silent and fast. I also have the matching SP-5 with filters and it's amazing how many combinations you can make to get the sound you prefer. My only complaint, and it's not a big deal is that the dial is somewhat heavy and hard to turn with the finger dent. It's not a big deal at all and the one advantage to it is the fact that it tunes very accurately rather than a runaway dial. I have owned many radios over the span of my 35 years as a ham and this is by far the finest radio I have ever owned. Finally, this may seem funny to some of you, but the Yaesu looks like a radio, whereas the Kenwood looked more like something that could be on a spaceship. I'm a purist, so this radio suits what I am looking for in a radio. Accolades to Yaesu. 73. Joe
K3MD Rating: 2008-10-17
Great Contest Rig Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Picked this up from W4MYA used, have wanted one ever since using one at W3GH and K3ANS 10 years ago. Main rig is an IC-7800.
Put in the narrow 2nd receiver filter and put on an add-on audio filter/speaker by SGC.
I have run in about 5 contests. Receiver is wonderful, impossible to overload. Never a need to crank in an attenuator at all. Very sharp with dual filters in (all available filters are installed). Audio on transmit is wonderful, very easy to understand, lots of punch. I think I like it just as much if not more than the IC-7800. It is much better than my FT-1000MP was or my Pro3 was. Very easy to use and adjust. The dual receiver function is very easy to use.
At 51 pounds, it is not an FD rig. No menus to mess with at all, this makes it very easy to use in a contest after you have been operating 35 plus hours. The rig control function is very good.
WK9L Rating: 2006-04-25
Good Contest Radio Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
After having a FT-1000 in the shack a while my thoughts are it is a good contest rig, It has a great filter setup "with the extras" very smooth when going from the 2.4 2.0 500 and then the 250 hrz, actully as smooth as any I have ever used. geat receiver. It is just a little narrow on SSB receive for every day use for my liking. But Thats me. But on the good side it is super CW
rig. I like my TS-950sdx for every day use.
KF8RX Rating: 2005-03-25
Best of the best! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I've had this radio for about twelve years. I saved a bunch compared to the "D" even after upgrading to the crystal 2.0 filter and adding the BPF-1 for the sub band receiver.

Very quiet receiver. Great audio reports. The best CW rig ever when using it's APF feature.

This was the last of the great analog radios. If you can find a used one, go for it. It wont be mine though. I'm keeping mine until it rusts out!

Eric
IK4CIE Rating: 2004-07-28
very good in CW Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I buy two FT1000 to compare it with FT1000MP. I prefer the FT1000 because i work mostly CW and the APF function is fantastic; this function is'nt in the MP. The radio work very well in any band. The only problem is that if i connect the dipole for 40m, and then i go listen in 20m band.... i have signals over S-9 from broadcast stations that transmit in 40m !!(in the evening!)!!! Connecting proper antenna, this signals disappears and all go right. So, poor filtering in early stages. Also the FT1000D suffer this problem.