[Elecraft] Re： New Kenwood TS0-590

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Believe me or not.  The designer of TS590 also a K3 owner.

He sure made some very questionable choices if he had a K3 to
copy from!

The TS-590 only uses the down conversion/roofing filter system
on the 160, 80, 60, 40, 20 and 15 meter amateur bands!  Outside
those bands and above 21 MHz it is a conventional up conversion
design.  Why he chose to do what amounts to a complete second
receiver from the antenna to the 24 KHz DSP last IF/demodulator
is complete mystery.  For essentially the same parts cost he
could have included a second, lower performance receiver like
the FT-5000.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 10/18/2010 10:11 AM, Johnny Siu wrote:
> Believe me or not.  The designer of TS590 also a K3 owner.  I met him in Aug
> 2010 in Tokyo.
>
> cheers,
>
> Johnny VR2XMC
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> I finally got a chance to see the new Kenwood rig at HRO in Portland
> last Saturday.  Didn't get to play with it for very long as there were
> too many others who wanted to play with it too.  Anyway, it seems like a
> nice radio--sounded good--looks good--but still missing lots of things
> we get with a K3.  It does seem like an obvious attempt to compete
> somewhat with the K3, but it's NOT a true contender for a lot of
> reasons.
>
> The ergonomics were fairly good, and unlike Yaesu, for example, they
> don't bury everything deep in a menu system.  But you still have to push
> buttons a few extra times.  For example, setting power level and keyer
> speed takes a couple of extra pushes of buttons vs. the K3.  Like I said
> above, I didn't really get to play with it very long, but I'm certain
> you would be giving up a lot if you opted for this vs. a K3.
>
> The folks at Pacificon probably got a better chance to look at the new
> Kenwood.  At least it shows that Kenwood is still in the amateur radio
> business, which I think is a good thing.
>
> Dave W7AQK
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