Notes on W8TK FT-1000 Mark V Field (6)
SN 2H070401

History

Provided to CCC in Lexington exchange by W8TK, 2 June 2006. New, mint condition. 

20 June 2006

Scheduled to be transported to PJ2 by W0CG. 

16 November 2006

Transported to Curacao by W0CG. Tests operational in two days on the air at Station # 1. Stored in plastic bag. No duty charged.

February 28 2008

Low output (30 watts) on 20, 15, 10. Not antenna tuner or menu selection. Retained in Curacao for further evaluation.

April 2008

K9SG took transceiver to States and shipped to WA4GEG. Repaired and shipped to WI9WI for return to Curacao.

May 2008

Returned to island by WI9WI.

October 2008

CQWW SSB crew got it out of closet as a spare and used it successfully in CQWW SSB. Also performed perfectly for CQWW CW 2008. Used at Station # 2 for CQWW CW. No problems. Placed back in closet 17 December 2008.

18 July 2009

Tested good. Bagged in Ziploc bag with desiccant.

30 March 2010

Placed into service at Station # 1 after (5) display failed.

May 2010

Reports of severe key clicks during WPX CW.

20 September 2010

Placed in a fresh Ziploc bag with desiccant in the EBR closet.

28 March 2011

Determined today that this XCVR will not drive the IBS-1 at Station 2.

5 Mar 2013

K8LEE and K6AM performed XCVR triage of all radios. Found that this XCVR is 100% good. Put back in storage in a new bag.

6 December 2016

W0CG did full functionality check and radio is 100% good.