[Kenwood] re vintage of TS-850S

[Paul Manuel]

--- Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net> wrote:
> I don't know the date coding, but as for the "famous bugs" - maybe you 
> refer to the DDS chips being unreliable?  Early serial number 850's with
> the DDS chips replaced will perform just as well as later models in that
> respect.  I've been there, done that.

As far as I have been able to determine, the older ones are more prone to
failure simply because they are older--I've never seen any evidence to
indicate that the early ones had any more problems that later ones, just
that they have probably seen more use. Others may have more info...?
73,
Paul K4PDM


	
		
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