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

Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:27:58 -0800

I agree.  The 570 does very nice on CW and the DSP filters are pretty good -
and I'm comparing with my R-4C with the Sherwood 600 hz first IF.  tom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Kreis" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-570G(D) vs FT-920

> 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" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> 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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