Yaesu FTdx5000

[Pete, WA2CWA]

I wouldn't send mine back .... after the production change with the new panels having one of the old ones would be akin to having a coin that was mistruck from the mint .   More desirable and rare , no ?  

Probably not. If they only made a handful, maybe, but they didn't.

I'm very fussy with my stuff but that misspelling is a non issue to me .

"Misspelling" should always be an issue. And, on a front panel of a product, it's totally embarrassing.

[Fred k2dx]

  I can recall when their top-of-the-line box was the FT-1000, and  later on, the FT-ONE. 

Don, FWIW the FT-ONE came first, in the early 80s. The FT-1000 and 1000D began production in the late 80s and was a complete new design. The FT-ONE had some issues.  

[VK7ZL]

My Hallicrafters SX24 is also mis-labeled.
Perhaps that is why it is deaf on the higher bands.

Bob

[N7BDY]

Bob ,  you may be a bit late to send that one back in for a redo 
Besides ,  it looks like they may have put an apostrophe in there so it would be exempt ..... they did it right .  Doesnt seem like they saved a whole lot of space though .

That almost looks like it was engraved doesnt it ?   Maybe thats the way they did those old sets .   

[W1ATR]

  I can recall when their top-of-the-line box was the FT-1000, and  later on, the FT-ONE.

Don, FWIW the FT-ONE came first, in the early 80s. The FT-1000 and 1000D began production in the late 80s and was a complete new design. The FT-ONE had some issues. 

I love my 1000D. It's a later build that came as a D with the 6.0 firmware installed. I went thru the pains to hunt down and install all the various International Radio filters and the 73Mhz "roofin" filter. A few maintenance cap and resister changes, yellow LED backlighting for the meter to lose the incandescent heat, but keep the stock color, and a few of the performance mods found around the net. Finish it up by touching up the alignment, and she's a keeper. Never put it to the test, but she has ears on par with my wj 8711a and my Almeco 390a.

[k4kyv]

I was amused that the misspelling of "transceiver" had created such a stir on a mainstream amateur radio forum.  Surely, anyone who purchases one of those rigs already knows it's a transceiver. I don't understand why they needed to put the word on the front panel at all in the first place.  I would have been more concerned if one of the control functions, like "selectivity" or "tuning" were misspelt.

I have seen posts on other forums and comments in print publications in which the writer seemed to be unaware that hams had ever used anything but a transceiver. The concept of separate transmitter and  receiver almost seemed beyond their realm of comprehension.

I just thought it was something amusing that I would share here, and figured it would generate a few laughs and nothing more.  I had no clue that my comments here would create almost as great a stir accompanied by sarcastic remarks in some circles here, as the original news item about the misspelling did on the other forum.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

I was amused that the misspelling of "transceiver" had created such a stir on a mainstream amateur radio forum.  Surely, anyone who purchases one of those rigs already knows it's a transceiver. I don't understand why they needed to put the word on the front panel at all in the first place.  I would have been more concerned if one of the control functions, like "selectivity" or "tuning" were misspelt.

The issue among many potential customers might be the view that Yaesu's quality control is lacking in catching the error. i.e. What else did they miss in this $6K box.

I thought the correct American past tense, past participle, and adjective is "misspelled" not "misspelt".

I just thought it was something amusing that I would share here, and figured it would generate a few laughs and nothing more.  I had no clue that my comments here would create almost as great a stir accompanied by sarcastic remarks in some circles here, as the original news item about the misspelling did on the other forum.

We have big box users here too.

Trivia: In 240 separate posts on this forum, the word "receiver" was spelled "reciever" one or more times per post. We also have a firm grasp on misspelling.

[W1VD]

Trivia: In 240 separate posts on this forum, the word "receiver" was spelled "reciever" one or more times per post. We also have a firm grasp on misspelling.

Not sure but think I've seen "lightening" more often than "reciever" ...

The reciever was hit by lightening.     

[W1RKW]

what's wrong with exactness or being anal?  I work in a military environment and exactness is expected. If you don't have it you get creamed and reamed.

If I buy something I expect it to be what I expect it to be especially when paying big bux.

I'm not the best writer and speller but when I see stuff on the net many times I'm left in doubt whether it be something that is a potential buy, knowledge, etc.  Trust goes out the window, to some extent.  The same goes for stuff that comes across my desk for review at work. If I see one misspelled word back it goes to the sender.  And I don't have an issue with someone pointing out that I F'ed up.

There was a period of time when consumer stuff coming from overseas was considered "gray" market. A lot of times gray market items were not honored under warranty if something failed. Imagine the dismay of customers who found out that they got  a good deal initially only to find out that product wasn't supported.

The same goes for when people add an "s" to my last name. I deny anything if my last name isn't spelled correctly.  I've gotten more B&W over the years. I'm  a product of my environment I guess.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Trivia: In 240 separate posts on this forum, the word "receiver" was spelled "reciever" one or more times per post. We also have a firm grasp on misspelling.

Not sure but think I've seen "lightening" more often than "reciever" ...

The reciever was hit by lightening.     

In 60 separate posts on this forum, "lightening" appears one or times per post.

Didn't read each post so there may be some valid "lightening" in the threads.
Lightening is the present participle of the verb "to lighten," and refers to the process of making something lighter in color.

Lightning is a noun - it refers to the meteorological phenomenon that is followed by thunder.

[WA1GFZ]

I could use some lightening

[K1JJ]

I climbed to a great "HeigTH" so it took me time to get "OrienTATED."

[WQ9E]

If I bought a FTDX-5000 I would definitely expect them to not make spelling mistakes on the front panel.  The sad thing is that it made it to market without the mistake being caught.  Mistakes happen and my first GMC pickup came with a Chevrolet branded owner's manual but they took care of that quickly, the dealer claimed that one time the transport unloaded a new GMC with a Chevy logo tailgate mistakenly installed.

Many years ago another JA company had to replace manuals after it was found that a diagram used an unfortunate four letter word that apparently meant the same thing as screw (in some contexts) when showing how to install the legs on an accessory item.   In the 90s when I was providing part of an executive MBA program in Mexico I frequently passed a Ford plant with a clock tower that bore the then current  Ford slogan "quality is job 1" .  The nice clock at the top of the tower had been broken for years, it sent a mixed message at best.

As pointed out earlier, if the panel print labeling job wasn't set up properly it does raise questions about the more complex sections inside.

[K5UJ]

<<We have big box users here too.>>

you bet.  Gates, WeCo, Raytheon, RCA...

I have seen posts on other forums and comments in print publications in which the writer seemed to be unaware that hams had ever used anything but a transceiver. The concept of separate transmitter and  receiver almost seemed beyond their realm of comprehension.

It gets better.   Over the past year or so I've read columnist comments in QST along the lines of, "in the old days amateurs ran equipment using vacuum tubes,"  and, "at one time hams manually tuned their transmitters." 

[Opcom]

The world of piss-n-moan ham radio never ceases to amaze me.

It's almost as amazing as the world of piss-n-moaners who piss-n-moan about the world of piss-n-moan ham radio but fortunately not as rare.

[k4kyv]

I thought the correct American past tense, past participle, and adjective is "misspelled" not "misspelt".

Look it up in the dictionary.  Both are equally correct.  Take your pick.

what's wrong with exactness or being anal?  I work in a military environment and exactness is expected. If you don't have it you get creamed and reamed.

Speaking of the military, I once ran across a piece of WWII era Signal Corps surplus, and both the manual and the stencil below the fuse-holder used the spelling "fuze".  According to the dictionary, "fuze" is correct military jargon only for an electrical or mechanical device to detonate the explosive charge in an artillery shell. For all other meanings, the word is "fuse", and that includes a tube or cord filled with combustible material to ignite an explosive, as well as the electric over-current protector. I can see how that could lead to confusion.  Wonder if anyone got reamed or creamed over that one.

Sometimes terms get lost in translation from one language to another.  Remember G-M's famous gaffe in Latin
America with the Chevy Nova?  They couldn't figure out why that car didn't sell, until it finally dawned on someone that no va in Spanish means "doesn't go".

Look up the French word (and its pronunciation) for "seal".  Better still, check out this 800 y.o. village in Austria.

I recall a few years ago a university professor was fired for using the word niggardly in one of his lectures.  It is a perfectly good English word (of Scandinavian origin) meaning "miserly" or "stingy", pre-dating and totally unrelated to the similar sounding racialist slur. He got his job back after threatening to take the university administration to court, publicly embarrassing them over their ignorance.

Words... we are talking about words

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Now I understand; from the Urban Dictionary: "misspelt" - This is a rarely used but often preferred (among the pretentious, eclectic, geeky, artsy, or British) spelling of "misspelled."

In the Merriam-Webster "misspelt" is not listed. In dictionary.com, "misspelt" automatically rolls to "misspell". In the American Heritage Dictionary (printed version), "misspelt" is not listed. In Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, "misspelt" is not listed.

But we digress further from the original topic at hand; is Yaesu's front panel misspelling just a rare product slip-up or have there been others out there in recent years. Even thinking back to the "good old days", I can't think of any other manufacturer's (Hammarland, Nationial, Hallicraftors, E&F Johnsons, etc.) front panel printing that had a misspelling.

[k4kyv]

In dictionary.com, "misspelt" automatically rolls to "misspell".

Does your browser click on the same dictionary.com as mine?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spelt

Also, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/misspelt

Urban Dictionary is fun, but not exactly authoritative.

...and ham radio discussion forums are not exactly amateur radio.