[Kenwood] rig rumors?

[peter A Markavage]

I guess if you two guys could find several thousand more buyers, with
money up front, you could petition Kenwood to build you one. But, to
retool back up for a model intro'd in 1986 would be economic folly and
embarrassing to them. I would mean admission, even if only internally,
that all the R&D dollars spent for new design technology over the last 10
years was a waste of money.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:04:35 -0500 "Dennis" <dennyb at labs.net> writes:
> I agree with Mark.  The TS-850 Deluxe would be great!  Dennis  W8YS
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mark kenward" <k8vf_mark at m33access.com>
> To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>; "peter A Markavage" 
> <manualman at juno.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 6:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] rig rumors?
> 
> 
> > 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.