Hey Nick: I have the Yaesu FTDX5000 MP Limited with the station monitor. As a ham, it's fantastic. As an SWL it is also nothing to sneeze at either. I also have the ICOM R9500 for many years. It's losing the OLEDs, but still readable. What I can receive with only an HOA vertical and an indoor discone is truly amazing. I also have the Expert Electronics MB1 SDR transceiver. Helluva radio and no slouch on SWL either. The EiBi built in is more than handy! Was worth the 6 grand I paid for it. Wishing you a happy healthy holiday season!
Too much porn in that room, the kid in me doesn't understand anything anymore, I love the style and quality of the RTX FTDX5000, I prefer it to many new ones, don't spend the same money for a modern, Icom kenwood or Yaesu like the YAESU FTDX101D, it's a personal choice i love radios like all the scanners you show.
101D also has dual receivers. 101D is a Ham piece and is amazing as a TRANSCIEVER. Not knocking the 5000 but honestly peeps don't buy Hf transceiver as Watkins Johnson killers. The filters in the Wj cost more than the entire Yaesu. for the purposes of short wave, the WJ is a better choice. The Wj in a communications application probably won't stand up to the 101D. You know my Subaru isn't going to beat a ZR01 C8 on a track but it will go places where the Zr1 will become a landmark. The 101D doesn't suck. And all sync does is choose the best sideband. DNR isn't a solution to Sync. Changing to SSB is.
@@dieselten01 the problem is you don’t know what you’re doing. Noise reduction works on a.m. The only thing that doesn’t work is varying the bandwidth. I agree that sub optimal, but I’ve seen your videos. You don’t really know what you’re doing. You don’t know how to use the technology. So it’s kind of a moot point. I saw you flailing around. with the FTD X 5000. You think you made it better but you don’t know how you made it better. I can dial in a 7300 to sound better than you Watkins because you don’t know what you’re doing.
@@dieselten01 for instance, a $200 SDR with direct sampling can be made to sound as good or better than your superhets. So with $100,000 worth of radios, sitting on a bench, with no knowledge of test equipment or how to use the technology, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?
Hey Nick as Im going over the last few months of your uploads I have another suggestion for you. I see you narrow the bandwidth on the 5000 with the WIDTH knob but it stops at the narrowest position of 500Hz. I think you have to hit the NAR button (left of vfo knob) to go further narrow. I think is capable of down to 50Hz!! Give it a try, you might be surprised ;) Diego
You said it right. When you accidentaly pushed some hieroglyphic buttons, the 5000 showed it's capabilities. in my personal opinion even at 0.341 MHz the 5000 sounded better. Why did you bother setting up both receivers on the 5000? Only for both speakers to be active? Regards from Greece. Happy 2024.
Thank you for your comments. I use both receivers on the 5000 for the ability to use 2 different antennas, Bandwidths, or any other DSP features all at the same time. Plus the audio sounds better coming from the SMU kind of like stereo.
This really not that big a difference. And frankly, I don’t understand the point. It’s not something you would listen to. Not for very long. Meanwhile, there’s so much more to receiver than just AM. Lots of sideband and data and CW as well. A lot of the HF operations for airlines is on upper side bend. I do agree that the DSP should’ve been available for a.m. But direct sampling technology has caught up to superhet. The only thing in the way was the quality of the A/D chips
It would be interesting to see how yaesu have as you say ‘crippled’ AM for shortwave listening. A comparison between your 101 and… take your pick would be good.
Ian, I have done many videos with the 101 even though it was not the radio in the title. I usually use it for the scope. The 101 is limited to AM with 9khz filter and AM-N with 6khz, (which means you have to go through a multiple step process just to access these 2 bandwidths) along with DNR which usually adds too much “syntheticness”. I bought the radio after reading all the tools it has and then realized when I unboxed it that they were deactivated on AM. I am very unhappy with this radio other than the scope, which is amazing. I admit to maybe being a little too “over the top” in my scolding of the 101 but you should be able to tell that with these BW and a DNR designed for SSB and CW this will not compare to other premium receivers. It is hard to get motivated to do a video on this. This is a hobby, I do videos on radios I like! Thank you for your comments.
Thanks and understood. I was just asking because I’ve two old late 1980’s shortwave radios but I am considering a yaesu or similar as I would like a radio with a scope and thus the question around AM reception.
@@ianwilliams5915 if you want a radio for swl with a scope, get an Icom 705, awesome radio, small, battery operated, beautiful scope. Icom 8600 is awesome too but since it is a desk top size I don’t like it because everything is menu driven. It is still a great radio though. If you are in Europe you might be able to get a Reuter, I can’t get them in the US. The Kenwood 890 is nice but a lot of the controls are “Ham driven” meaning it is designed mostly for Hams and sacrifices a few things to us SWL’s. Still an great radio though. If price is not a concern then get an Icom 9500. I have videos on all of these radios for you to see. If you can stand running a laptop to run your radio, you can’t beat an RSPDX
@@ianwilliams5915 i should also add, but I don’t own one, the Icom 7610 sounds like your radio. Since it is an Icom it operates like a 705, 7300, or 8600. Full filter control and full tools on AM plus a beautiful scope. I wish I had got this instead of the 101. Similar size and price of the 101. I would gladly trade both my 101 and my 890 for a 7610 even up.
You didn't have the cw signal tuned correctly for the CW patch that was set on the 5000. Learn how to use radios before you demo them! You don't even know what a notch filter is. You don't know what the audio peak filter is. And you were wayyy out of tune on the CW pitch. You have to center the CW note for where the pitch is centered. That's the equivalent of the BFO control on the WJ. Randomly spinning dials and punching buttons isn't the way to compare receivers. You could have dialed both rigs to be exactly matched. Not impressed at all. More money than sense.
@@dieselten01 Haha, no credibility. In case you might want to read the manual. Not for nothing but here's a tech tip. The "offset " moving from cw to other modes is directly equal to the CW pitch. CW is just the turning on and off of a transmitter. There is no tone. The tone is inserted by the BFO. Otherwise known as a beat frequency oscillator. In order to hear the tone, the receiver has to shift to the CW pitch or BFO setting. If your CW pitch is set to 600, then you are going to get the best filter performance listening to the cw note at 600. Otherwise, you will be off the center frequency of the filter passband. Instead of being prideful, try to learn something. It will transform your ability to actually use a receiver to its highest potential. APF is Audio peak filter. It's a tunable filter in the audio chain to isolate the CW signal. NTCH is a notch filter and allows you to select a frequency to be notches or attenuated. Usually used to get rid of heterodynes. Using features willy nilly can actually degrade the signal.
@@dieselten01 I think the DX5000 has an auto zero beat for the CW note, but use your ears. You will hear a noticeable peak when you are in the center of the filter passband. If you get that wrong and go narrow, the signal will go away. The 5000 can do better than the WJ. Just gotta know how things work.
My friend. With all due respect. You are comparing re. Centers. To trans. Centers. It's like comparing apples to oranges. Sherwood has the 101 as for the money the best tranceiver in the world these yeasu radio were not designed for shortwave listening. Truley your lack of knowledge does Yaesu a great disservice. Respected. RON Z. WA3090 SWL.
Ron, hopefully you actually watched the video you just chose to insult me on, and see the irony in your comments. The Yaesu 5000 is a great receiver (in all modes) inside a transceiver. Yaesu elected to neuter the 101 in AM but failed to mention it in their advertising. Your comprehension is also quite suspect, as I actually say in the video that the 101 is possibly the best Ham radio available. Apparently you only hear what you want to hear.
Ronald,, OH, the Sherwood list of radios... Nick is correct about the AM filters and the 101.. And the dozens of items that still remain not fixed on the 101 with no fixes coming from Yaesu, Ever,,... A FTDX 101MP has been on eBay for $3500 for now 3 weeks, not sold?? Folks have lost interest in the 101, especially if they do their research... Then we have the new K4, wait list is 6 plus months, and a lot of software issues.. One reason I went with my Flex 6600M radio 2 years ago, great software updates and many new features added... Yes, if you are out on Field Day with other hams all those specifications that Rob Sherwood measures can be critical, but I use my Flex, Kenwood 890S, IC-R8600, Icom IC-9700, Yaesu FT991 radio for different reasons,,, Along with many Boat Anchors for AM, and when you must have Great Synchronous operation, I fire up my Drake R8B or Sony V21 radio.. I LOVE the way that Nick evaluates radios,,, let the Human Ear do the evaluation, real life, not some signal generator... Yes pure testing is critical, but in the end it is what you HEAR not what you measure.. Keep up the GREAT WORK Nick,,, Looks like Yaesu QC may be an issue plus other things with the FTdx -101 radio!! One Star Review, plus Big Backlog of repairs at Yaesu... www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=14362 Robert WA6PHN
@@myradiovideos I'm sure everyone is aware that the 101 was not designed to be a great shortwave am radio and also about the filters.no big news so why compare the radio and present it as such. Are you aware what flex did when they sent sherwood their example to review. They sent a different example that was not the one on the market .and they got caught in their fraud. For the money you would think that icom could produce a radio that had a low noise floor. My point was these yaesu radio were not made to be good shortwave am listeners that's all. To refer to them as garbage is a bit unfair. Don't you think. Yes when I want to listen to shortwave I will employ drakes sync with passband tuning . I don't think you can get much better. I own 109 receivers so I think I can tell when someone is full of it. That's all. My Best Ron z. WA 30 90 SWL.
Hey Nick: I have the Yaesu FTDX5000 MP Limited with the station monitor. As a ham, it's fantastic. As an SWL it is also nothing to sneeze
at either. I also have the ICOM R9500 for many years. It's losing the OLEDs, but still readable. What I can receive with only an HOA vertical
and an indoor discone is truly amazing. I also have the Expert Electronics MB1 SDR transceiver. Helluva radio and no slouch on SWL either.
The EiBi built in is more than handy! Was worth the 6 grand I paid for it. Wishing you a happy healthy holiday season!
Happy Holidays to you too!
Too much porn in that room, the kid in me doesn't understand anything anymore, I love the style and quality of the RTX FTDX5000, I prefer it to many new ones, don't spend the same money for a modern, Icom kenwood or Yaesu like the YAESU FTDX101D, it's a personal choice i love radios like all the scanners you show.
101D also has dual receivers. 101D is a Ham piece and is amazing as a TRANSCIEVER. Not knocking the 5000 but honestly peeps don't buy Hf transceiver as Watkins Johnson killers. The filters in the Wj cost more than the entire Yaesu.
for the purposes of short wave, the WJ is a better choice. The Wj in a communications application probably won't stand up to the 101D.
You know my Subaru isn't going to beat a ZR01 C8 on a track but it will go places where the Zr1 will become a landmark.
The 101D doesn't suck. And all sync does is choose the best sideband. DNR isn't a solution to Sync. Changing to SSB is.
101D does totally suck on AM. Pay attention! Non ham use here. Go back and listen this time
@@dieselten01 the problem is you don’t know what you’re doing. Noise reduction works on a.m. The only thing that doesn’t work is varying the bandwidth. I agree that sub optimal, but I’ve seen your videos. You don’t really know what you’re doing. You don’t know how to use the technology. So it’s kind of a moot point. I saw you flailing around. with the FTD X 5000. You think you made it better but you don’t know how you made it better. I can dial in a 7300 to sound better than you Watkins because you don’t know what you’re doing.
@@dieselten01 for instance, a $200 SDR with direct sampling can be made to sound as good or better than your superhets.
So with $100,000 worth of radios, sitting on a bench, with no knowledge of test equipment or how to use the technology, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?
Hey Nick as Im going over the last few months of your uploads I have another suggestion for you. I see you narrow the bandwidth on the 5000 with the WIDTH knob but it stops at the narrowest position of 500Hz. I think you have to hit the NAR button (left of vfo knob) to go further narrow. I think is capable of down to 50Hz!! Give it a try, you might be surprised ;)
Diego
Another great tip, thank you!
I just put up a short video proving this, thank you!
Where did you get those radios!!!..I want them all
Also, gain stages being what they are, use the preamp on the 50K. Sensitivity isn't always your friend.
I think you will find that most CW operators prefer the WJ as it's tone is better on CW.
Both awesome receivers .
Agreed, thank you John
You said it right. When you accidentaly pushed some hieroglyphic buttons, the 5000 showed it's capabilities. in my personal opinion even at 0.341 MHz the 5000 sounded better. Why did you bother setting up both receivers on the 5000? Only for both speakers to be active? Regards from Greece. Happy 2024.
Thank you for your comments. I use both receivers on the 5000 for the ability to use 2 different antennas, Bandwidths, or any other DSP features all at the same time. Plus the audio sounds better coming from the SMU kind of like stereo.
@@dieselten01 Thanks for the answer Nick. This is Michael
@@batfalcononyoutube thank you Michael!
@@dieselten01 It's a long shot, but I 'll ask. Have you ever made a video for the FT 2000?
@@batfalcononyoutube no I don’t have a FT2000
This really not that big a difference. And frankly, I don’t understand the point. It’s not something you would listen to. Not for very long. Meanwhile, there’s so much more to receiver than just AM. Lots of sideband and data and CW as well. A lot of the HF operations for airlines is on upper side bend. I do agree that the DSP should’ve been available for a.m. But direct sampling technology has caught up to superhet. The only thing in the way was the quality of the A/D chips
THE FTDX 5000 IS A TRANSCEIVER - NOT A RECEIVER
Why are you yelling at me? And there is a receiver in a transceiver
It would be interesting to see how yaesu have as you say ‘crippled’ AM for shortwave listening. A comparison between your 101 and… take your pick would be good.
Ian, I have done many videos with the 101 even though it was not the radio in the title. I usually use it for the scope. The 101 is limited to AM with 9khz filter and AM-N with 6khz, (which means you have to go through a multiple step process just to access these 2 bandwidths) along with DNR which usually adds too much “syntheticness”. I bought the radio after reading all the tools it has and then realized when I unboxed it that they were deactivated on AM. I am very unhappy with this radio other than the scope, which is amazing. I admit to maybe being a little too “over the top” in my scolding of the 101 but you should be able to tell that with these BW and a DNR designed for SSB and CW this will not compare to other premium receivers. It is hard to get motivated to do a video on this. This is a hobby, I do videos on radios I like! Thank you for your comments.
Thanks and understood.
I was just asking because I’ve two old late 1980’s shortwave radios but I am considering a yaesu or similar as I would like a radio with a scope and thus the question around AM reception.
@@ianwilliams5915 if you want a radio for swl with a scope, get an Icom 705, awesome radio, small, battery operated, beautiful scope. Icom 8600 is awesome too but since it is a desk top size I don’t like it because everything is menu driven. It is still a great radio though. If you are in Europe you might be able to get a Reuter, I can’t get them in the US. The Kenwood 890 is nice but a lot of the controls are “Ham driven” meaning it is designed mostly for Hams and sacrifices a few things to us SWL’s. Still an great radio though. If price is not a concern then get an Icom 9500. I have videos on all of these radios for you to see. If you can stand running a laptop to run your radio, you can’t beat an RSPDX
@@ianwilliams5915 i should also add, but I don’t own one, the Icom 7610 sounds like your radio. Since it is an Icom it operates like a 705, 7300, or 8600. Full filter control and full tools on AM plus a beautiful scope. I wish I had got this instead of the 101. Similar size and price of the 101. I would gladly trade both my 101 and my 890 for a 7610 even up.
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the W J is like garbage inside switched powersupply and 2 pcbs and that s it and it beats any high end ham radio who are built way more qualityful
feel like the WJ sounded better
You didn't have the cw signal tuned correctly for the CW patch that was set on the 5000. Learn how to use radios before you demo them! You don't even know what a notch filter is. You don't know what the audio peak filter is. And you were wayyy out of tune on the CW pitch. You have to center the CW note for where the pitch is centered. That's the equivalent of the BFO control on the WJ. Randomly spinning dials and punching buttons isn't the way to compare receivers. You could have dialed both rigs to be exactly matched.
Not impressed at all. More money than sense.
@@Kibwunga thanks Karen
@@dieselten01 Haha, no credibility. In case you might want to read the manual.
Not for nothing but here's a tech tip. The "offset " moving from cw to other modes is directly equal to the CW pitch. CW is just the turning on and off of a transmitter. There is no tone. The tone is inserted by the BFO. Otherwise known as a beat frequency oscillator. In order to hear the tone, the receiver has to shift to the CW pitch or BFO setting. If your CW pitch is set to 600, then you are going to get the best filter performance listening to the cw note at 600. Otherwise, you will be off the center frequency of the filter passband.
Instead of being prideful, try to learn something. It will transform your ability to actually use a receiver to its highest potential.
APF is Audio peak filter. It's a tunable filter in the audio chain to isolate the CW signal.
NTCH is a notch filter and allows you to select a frequency to be notches or attenuated. Usually used to get rid of heterodynes.
Using features willy nilly can actually degrade the signal.
@@dieselten01 I think the DX5000 has an auto zero beat for the CW note, but use your ears. You will hear a noticeable peak when you are in the center of the filter passband. If you get that wrong and go narrow, the signal will go away.
The 5000 can do better than the WJ. Just gotta know how things work.
My friend. With all due respect. You are comparing re. Centers. To trans. Centers. It's like comparing apples to oranges. Sherwood has the 101 as for the money the best tranceiver in the world these yeasu radio were not designed for shortwave listening. Truley your lack of knowledge does Yaesu a great disservice. Respected. RON Z. WA3090 SWL.
Ron, hopefully you actually watched the video you just chose to insult me on, and see the irony in your comments. The Yaesu 5000 is a great receiver (in all modes) inside a transceiver. Yaesu elected to neuter the 101 in AM but failed to mention it in their advertising. Your comprehension is also quite suspect, as I actually say in the video that the 101 is possibly the best Ham radio available. Apparently you only hear what you want to hear.
Ronald,, OH, the Sherwood list of radios... Nick is correct about the AM filters and the 101.. And the dozens of items that still remain not fixed on the 101 with no fixes coming from Yaesu, Ever,,...
A FTDX 101MP has been on eBay for $3500 for now 3 weeks, not sold?? Folks have lost interest in the 101, especially if they do their research...
Then we have the new K4, wait list is 6 plus months, and a lot of software issues..
One reason I went with my Flex 6600M radio 2 years ago, great software updates and many new features added...
Yes, if you are out on Field Day with other hams all those specifications that Rob Sherwood measures can be critical, but I use my Flex, Kenwood 890S, IC-R8600, Icom IC-9700, Yaesu FT991 radio for different reasons,,, Along with many Boat Anchors for AM, and when you must have Great Synchronous operation, I fire up my Drake R8B or Sony V21 radio..
I LOVE the way that Nick evaluates radios,,, let the Human Ear do the evaluation, real life, not some signal generator...
Yes pure testing is critical, but in the end it is what you HEAR not what you measure..
Keep up the GREAT WORK Nick,,,
Looks like Yaesu QC may be an issue plus other things with the FTdx -101 radio!! One Star Review, plus Big Backlog of repairs at Yaesu...
www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=14362
Robert
WA6PHN
@@myradiovideos I'm sure everyone is aware that the 101 was not designed to be a great shortwave am radio and also about the filters.no big news so why compare the radio and present it as such. Are you aware what flex did when they sent sherwood their example to review. They sent a different example that was not the one on the market
.and they got caught in their fraud. For the money you would think that icom could produce a radio that had a low noise floor. My point was these yaesu radio were not made to be good shortwave am listeners that's all. To refer to them as garbage is a bit unfair. Don't you think. Yes when I want to listen to shortwave I will employ drakes sync with passband tuning . I don't think you can get much better. I own 109 receivers so I think I can tell when someone is full of it. That's all. My Best Ron z. WA 30 90 SWL.