[Elecraft] Re： New Kenwood TS0-590

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
>
>  > 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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>> 主題： [Elecraft] New Kenwood TS0-590
>>
>> 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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