[50mhz] Re: 680 NB

[Bill Gallagher]

I actually used a 680 mobile for 6 meters...exactly
because the noise blanker was so good! I found the
690's to be pretty lame,and ended up running the '90s
audio through one of those Rat Shack dsp units, which
cleaned up the noise, but didn't help whant the AGC
got swamped...
Setup from that time is here:
http://www.k2bj.com/MOTM_archive/0012MOTM.htm

I'm using an Icom 706 now, but only for the
convenience...I still use a Yaesu FT-7 for HF...it has
a decent NB as well

Bill WA3RA  (ex-KS3Y)


> 
> A couple of years ago I overhead two big 6 meter
> stations talking on .125 and one mentioned a radio
> that had the best NB he had ever seen.  I missed
> what radio he said so I emailed him to ask, and he
> said it was the Kenwood TS680.  As someone who lives
> in a noisy location, I am always interested in
> trying radios with good noise blankers.  Just picked
> up a TS690 and its NB is fair at best.  From those
> of you who have used them, does the Kenwood TS680
> really live up to the reputation of having an
> outstanding NB?
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> 
> 
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> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:16:59 -0500
> From: "Chris Boone" <CBoone at earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [50mhz] Noise Blanker in TS680
> To: "'John Geiger'" <ne0p at lcisp.com>,
> <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>,
> 	<6meter at yahoogroups.com>, <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
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> 
> The Woodpecker NB works fine (there are two
> different NBs)...and the normal
> NB is also a good one...but I would not say it is
> spectacular....the rcvr
> also is easily blanked by STRONG signals...so I
> cannot see "BIG" 6m stations
> running the 680...I have owned mine since they came
> out in the 80s (Paid
> 1000 for it with the optional CW-N filter and IF-10
> interface and that was
> in 1988!) and like it but if I was a BIG GUN op on
> six, I would own
> something better..
> 
> I recall an Atlas (not the 1xx but the top of the
> line they had at the time)
> having a GREAT NB and NL...used it on a 160m contest
> where the location we
> were at had S9 noise level...with the NB and NL on,
> it dropped to almost
> zero...THAT impressed me.
> 
> Chris
> WB5ITT
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 50mhz-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> > [mailto:50mhz-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of John Geiger
> > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:35 PM
> > To: kenwood at mailman.qth.net;
> 6meter at yahoogroups.com; 
> > 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [50mhz] Noise Blanker in TS680
> > 
> > A couple of years ago I overhead two big 6 meter
> stations 
> > talking on .125 and one mentioned a radio that had
> the best 
> > NB he had ever seen.  I missed what radio he said
> so I 
> > emailed him to ask, and he said it was the Kenwood
> TS680.  As 
> > someone who lives in a noisy location, I am always
> interested 
> > in trying radios with good noise blankers.  Just
> picked up a 
> > TS690 and its NB is fair at best.  From those of
> you who have 
> > used them, does the Kenwood TS680 really live up
> to the 
> > reputation of having an outstanding NB?
> > 
> > 73s John NE0P
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:20:31 -0400
> From: "Ken Snipes (KD4IEN)" <kd4ien at cox.net>
> Subject: [50mhz] the new ranger 6 meter
> To: 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
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> <4.3.2.7.2.20051023191848.00c63748 at pop.east.cox.net>
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> 	
> Hello all, I seriously thinking about the new Ranger
>  six meter mobile, any 
> one have anything to say about it?
> 
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