[FCARC] from the r/amateurradio Sub-Reddit - more online malarky

[Adam T. Cately]

So -

-- There was a post from a gentleman that stated he had just acquired a 
brand-new Kenwood 590SG, titled -


  Got a new to me Kenwood TS-590SG. I can't just be happy about it.

GENERAL
<https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/?f=flair_name%3A%22GENERAL%22>

Edit: thanks to all of your comments, I have come to realize that 
there's a lot more to this rig than my initial impression led me to 
believe. I appreciate all your feedback.

Edit 2: removed original content due to loss of relevancy.


-- The best reply from all of the posts - to ME - was this one -

Moonshadow76 <https://www.reddit.com/user/Moonshadow76/>
• 2d ago 
<https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/199akm1/comment/kid2ciy/>

You know, sometimes I listen to my fancy new SDR and I wonder, with all 
the notching and filtering and auto-adjusting, am I really hearing 
what's actually out there ? I mean I can see "everything" on the 
waterfall display and I can just scroll over to the signal, so you'd 
think the answer is yes... but every single time I fire up the old 
FT-101 or the FT-501, I am amazed by a) the signals I hear which do NOT 
make it onto the waterfall display and b) the enjoyment of hearing 
signals in their naked, unfiltered, unnotched, unautomodulated, natural 
state. Sometimes I don't even bother with the new radio and go straight 
to the old 70's rigs, just to get a sense of reality first and to feel 
the thrill of manually scanning the band with a big, fat dial. I'm not 
totally convinced that the new radios are better.


-- Anyway - more justification for me being a grumpy old fart . . .

73 de dah-dit-dah dah-dit-dit-dit dah-dah-dah-dit-dit dah-dah 
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