[Kenwood] TS-480SAT vs HX

[Paul]

Steve,
Shortly after getting your email I found a brochure on the 480 that I 
had lying around and you are correct. From the photos of the internals 
of both radios it would be more trouble than it would be worth. There 
are not (2) power amp boards as I had wrongly assumed. The HX has (2) 
100 watt amps on one common circuit board. The SAT has a 100 watt amp 
and an ATU on one common circuit board. That entire circuit board would 
have to be swapped out and, as you noted, most likely the firmware as 
well. Definitely not worth the trouble. So I will keep the SAT or sell 
it and get a HX. Now, if  there is someone out there that has a HX and 
wishes they had a SAT contact me and maybe we can work out a swap! 73
Paul, N5PS

n4lq wrote:

> I think I can safely say negative to that one Paul. Converting the sat 
> to an hx would involve considerable physical changes in addition to 
> the electronics. Even the power jack would need changing an possibly 
> changes to firmware. Just sell the sat and order an hx. That would 
> probably save lots of money and grief. 73
> Steve Ellington
> N4LQ at insightbb.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <pss at tecinfo.com>
> To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 7:51 PM
> Subject: [Kenwood] TS-480SAT vs HX
>
>
>> Anybody on the list know if the extra power amp in the TS-480HX is 
>> available as a separate item? I have a TS-480SAT and am running it 
>> mobile with a screwdriver antenna. The antenna tuning unit is really 
>> not necessary with my setup and I was thinking how nice it would be 
>> to be able to replace the ATU with the additional power amp and up 
>> the power to the 200 watt level. I don't know if this is even 
>> possible as the wiring to do such a swap might not be in my unit. 
>> Anybody know?
>> Paul, N5PS
>>


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