[Kenwood] rig rumors?

[mark kenward]

Their new technology cannot compare with the performance of the 
850sat.....Lab measurements at ARRL indicate only the 950SD(NOT 950SDX) 
exceed the 850sat in receiver specs in the Kenwood line.

I would buy a new one right now if they made it, especially if they put the 
940 noise blanker in it(simple change from the current N.B.), put the tuner 
in the receive chain(simple change in wiring), moved the cw monitor to the 
front panel(simple-a common mod).

I cant be the only one who feels this way, the 850 remains extremely popular 
15 years after its introduction.

Mark, K8VF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter A Markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] rig rumors?


> Heck, why not bring back the TS-830, TS-520, and all their mods, add some
> DSP, etc. etc. and it would sell. And probably, like the TS-850, the
> simplest answer is that it's old technology. It makes no sense for R&D
> people to step back and use old technology after they spent many dollars
> to develop with new technology.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 07:25:26 -0500 "mark kenward" <k8vf at diamondcs.net>
> writes:
>> How about if they start making the ts850sat again , but add all the
>> mods
>> that have been developed, and the DSP module.. Call it the
>> Ts850deluxe----it
>> would sell.
>>
>> Mark
>> k8vf
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <WA2JJH at aol.com>
>> To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 10:46 PM
>> Subject: [Kenwood] rig rumors?
>>
>>
>> >I heard KENWOOD will not produce a $5000-$10,000 rig.
>> >
>> > IHMO; I wish Kenwood would produce a new base rig. However it
>> would be
>> > nice
>> > to be less than $3000.
>> >
>> >   It should have a roofing filter, better DSP than the Ts-2000.
>> 200 W and
>> > antenna tuner would be nice too.
>> >
>> >  Perhaps an 2nd analogue Rx with dual xtal filters.
>> >
>> >   If they can do that for $3500, they would give the icom 7800
>> some real
>> > problems
>> >
>> >    however nothing like that is in the works. They are not that
>> serious in
>> > being the leader of the pack any more.
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