[Kenwood] TS-570G(D) vs FT-920

[Ken Kreis]

Tom,

I had a 920 for about a week. I found it to come up lacking QSK CW. Bought a
570 and it worked very well on QSK. In comparison I found the 920 to be a
poor excuse for a CW rig. Perhaps it was just me. Not living near a fully
supplied toy store I normally purchase without any hands-on experience.

You will enjoy the 570.

73,

Ken, KA0W


----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Beltran" <tbeltran@earthlink.net>
To: <kenwood@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 6:55
Subject: RE: [Kenwood] TS-570G(D) vs FT-920


> Thanks to everyone that wrote.  The majority of people felt that the 920
was
> a good buy.  I ended up buying the 570.  First, because it is not my only
> rig - I have a Drake C line (with everything on it) - most said if this
> purchase were going to be an only rig, get the 920 because it has more
> features.  And it does!  On the other hand, people noticed that on CW, the
> 920 is not that hot - I go on CW a lot.  My main concern (about buying the
> 520) was that the 920 sounded much better on receive, but after I spoke
with
> several people on the air, and I just was not impressed with the tx audio.
> [it may be that these ops did not understand how to set up the tx audio
> controls]  But with regard to the recieved audio, what I found out, was
that
> the built-in speaker is better on the 920.  Using Heil headphones in the
> store on both radios, the audio was fairly equal.  (I wonder how many
people
> may have rejected the 570 based upon that piercing thin received audio
from
> the small built-in speaker?)  At home, with my external stereo speaker,
the
> audio is great.
>
> I was leaning toward the 920, but what turned me to the 570 was its
smaller
> size - I started thinking about taking it on vacation, the DSP seems much
> more effective, and finally, it was several hundred dollars cheaper.  What
I
> liked about the 920, was the dual vfo knobs, more functions had a control,
> rather than being buried in the menu system.  But the DSP was just not as
> effective, and the price of those separate controls is a much larger rig
> (the Drake, SB-220 and other stuff already take a lot of room).
>
> One thing I learned, is that it is difficult to make a decision in the
> store, because these rigs are so complicated.  Even now, after studying
the
> manual, I am unsure how to do things, but I now know things it can do,
that
> I never even thought to ask about in the store.  Now understand, I have
> never owned a modern no-tune, digital display rig - my rigs are a C line,
> HW-16 and TS-520.  Maybe later, I will have more understanding of these
rigs
> modern rigs and so the transition or learning curve won't be that steep.
> Now that the rig is home, and on my antenna and eveything, I am satisfied
> with its performance - it is fun to go sailing around the bands, no tune!
> And the price is right at only $ 979.99.
>
> Thanks to everyone that wrote.  Tom W6EIJ
>
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