[Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig?

[Phil Hystad]

The back cover of the latest QST shows a photo of the new Kenwood TS-990.  Last night I kept looking at that picture wondering if I would ever use more then a half-dozen knobs or buttons.  Even with the K3 I use very little.  Indeed, the VFO and the filter width plus maybe AF and RF gain are the primary controls for my preferred CW mode (about 90 percent of contacts).

I guess I should use more K3 buttons but I also use my KX1 a lot and those are the same buttons and controls I use on the K3.  In fact I think those are the only buttons and controls on the KX1.

73, phil, K7PEH

PEH's iPad

On May 10, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Bob K6UJ <k6uj at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Terry,
> 
> Thats probably why Terry, hihihihi.   
> I think they want the most knobs and push buttons award.  I counted 104 total knobs and push buttons !
> We are going to see some DXpedition cluster posts like this:    QRX for 15min, adjusting TS-990    :-)
> 
> FYI, there is a Yahoo group for the TS-990S:       TS-990S at yahoogroups.com
> (For further discussion about this radio we should go there.)
> 
> Now, back to pursuing the 6O0CW DXpedition with my trusty K3. 
> 
> 
> 73,
> Bob
> K6UJ
> 
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> 
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> 
> On May 10, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Terry Schieler wrote:
> 
>> 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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