[Kenwood] TS-870S Test Drive

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:59:12 -0500

i had the same service from AES orlando which is why i no longer deal with
them. it's a shame. as far as product, the best place by far in driving
distance from my qth. but i am not about to get the impression they are
doing me a favor by letting me in the door and continue giving them my
money.

my opinion, your milage may vary.

73 de KU4YP     Member Flying Pigs QRP
Michael Prevatt                 #225
Bartow, Florida   Member Florida Contest Group
----- Original Message -----
From: "WW3S" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-870S Test Drive

> Funny you got waited on there....I used to go every year on my annual trip
> to Orlando....everyone had that "attitude" that they could care less if
you
> shopped there or not....stopped going the last few years but thought I'd
> give it another try....was in there last week....the gal in there read a
> book the entire 50-60 minutes I was there!!! Never once asked if there was
> something she could help me with. I asked the other fellow about the
> TS-480...he pointed to it on the shelf and "there it is but I don't know
> much about it" and went about his business of sorting some type of
> paperwork....the one guy that seemed to know his stuff was so busy
answering
> the phone he never could ask me if there was anything I needed....at least
> in the Cleveland store you can get waited on.....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:54 PM
> Subject: [Kenwood] TS-870S Test Drive
>
>
> > I was in AES in Orlando this morning and tried out a TS-870S.  It
sounded
> > pretty nice.  I am a TS-850S owner with two 500 Hz and one 270 Hz
Kenwood
> filter
> > (s) installed.  I operate primarily CW.  The filtering on the 870
sounded
> nice
> > and adequate on CW although the band was in the pits.  AES reportedly
had
> me
> > on their CC A4S but the signals seemed to be incredibly attenuated.  I
> could
> > nothing on 15 meters as well as 17 meters.  Those bands usually have
SOME
> > activity even though conditions are not good right now.  I guess it
could
> have been
> > the radio or the antenna.  They couldn't find the manual but I was able
to
> > figure most of it out.  The say the coupon for the $300.00 discount is
> good
> > through the end of the month although the discounted price doesn't
appear
> on the
> > HRO web site.  Not a bad deal for a radio that was pretty expensive in
the
> > beginning.
> >
> > BTW, a friend of mine works for HRO and he seems to like the Icom
756PROII
> or
> > whatever version is out there now.  I don't doubt his comments but Icom
> > scares me to death after all the problems they have had with the 746PRO
> and the
> > 910H.  The SN on the 870 I played with was 9xxxxxx something or another.
> >
> > Steve, N4JQQ
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