[Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig?

[k6rb at baymoon.com]

There's an ad for the new rig on the back page of the June QST. I'm not
impressed. Kenwood did make some decent HF rigs back in the days of the
TS-830, 850 and 930. From the 940 on, though, I think they seriously
dropped the ball. This new one just seems like it's too little, too late.

Rob K6RB


> Maybe I haven't tried hard enough, but I can't seem to see the reasoning
> behind the two displays that, apparently, show the same VFO A and VFO B
> information.  Did they just have panel space left over after running out
> of button and knob functions?
>
> Terry, W0FM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Ferrington, M0XDF [mailto:M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig?
>
> THe link given http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/new-equipment/ts-990_picture/
> gives you a reasonable picture, click the picture and it's its possible to
> see individual controls.
> On a Mac, you can ctrl-scroll to increase the magnification of the screen
> by significant amounts - I can not only see each function, but can read
> light blue and grey text on the display and each mark on the meter.
>
> I counted 'double-pots' concentric knobs as two controls, but that only
> added 11 controls.
>
> 73 de David, M0XDF
>
>
>
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