[Kenwood] TS-830S age

[nj9k at wi.rr.com]

My 1978 and 1979 AES catalogs DO NOT show a TS-830S as available in the
Kenwood listing.
 
Dick, NJ9K

"Rick Markey, KN3C" wrote:
> 
> I have a letter from Hoosier Electronics dated February of 1981, telling me
> that they acknowledged my order but would not be able to ship for several
> weeks as they were awaiting a shipment from Kenwood.  As I recall, I paid
> $818 for the TS-830S in March or April of 1981.  I don't think the 830 went
> out of production in 1981.  The 850 replaced it, and I don't think the 850
> showed up until 1990 or 1991.
> 
> de Rick, KN3C
> 
> Hi Larry,
> 
>          That's wrong----I bought a brand new one in November 1980, and had
> to wait about 8 weeks for delivery because the dealer that I bought it from
> (Derrick Electronics) had not yet gotten delivery of his first one. If I
> remember correctly, I paid about 1100.00 for the radio, the SP-230 speaker,
> and the VFO-230 remote VFO. I sold everything on Ebay about 3 years ago,
> and got over $800 for the 3 pieces.
> 
>                                          RON....KA2IIA
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