[Kenwood] Compact "Kitchen Sink" Mobile Rig?

Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:27:20 -0500

hi kelly..  i have a 950sdx..  i bought a ts-2000x..  opened the box..  out
fell a 150 page user manual...  put the rig back in the box and sold the
rig...  thats about 149 pages more than i wanted to read..  best 73  paul
w8jn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "tvsjr" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Compact "Kitchen Sink" Mobile Rig?


> It has struck me for some time now that Kenwood simply does not produce a
> competition-grade radio like they did with the 930, 940 and 950. They seem
> to be playing to the appliance guys who are more wowed by bells and
whistles
> than by great sensitivity, low S/N, selectivity and near-signal rejection.
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tvsjr" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Compact "Kitchen Sink" Mobile Rig?
>
>
> > As has been seen in the past, it's usually very difficult to build a
> > jack-of-all-trades that really works great on everything. The TS-2000 is
> > pretty good, but has its quirks. The 706 iterations and the FT-100/D
have
> > their quirks and some serious maintenance issues. IMHO, it's better to
> have
> > two or three radios that work really well, than one small radio that
works
> > OK on everything...
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > At 12:02 PM 01/18/2003 -0800, Paul Manuel wrote:
> >  >
> >  >--- Doug Ford <[email protected]> wrote:
> >  >> Anyone have any theories on why Kenwood has yet to introduce a
> 706MkIIG
> >  >> or 100D style rig?  I mean, with the success those two rigs can
claim,
> >  >> you'd think Kenwood would provide a rig to match.  Only one can
hope,
> I
> >  >> suppose.
> >  >My theory is that Kenwood's lessened interest in the amateur field,
> >  >coupled with the difficulty in designing a radio to be good AND small,
> has
> >  >kept Kenwood from doing it. Yaesu's FT-100s are prone to problems
(mine
> >  >needed mods when brand new,) and my original 706 cost me over $200 in
> >  >repairs. I feel that if Kenwood can't do something right, they just
> won't
> >  >do it, and I don't think that the amateur R&D department has had the
> >  >budget to do it right yet.
> >  >Just my opinion! I hope they do release one!
> >  >
> >  >73,
> >  >Paul K4PDM
> >  >
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