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