[Kenwood] RE: best all round rig

[Peter Markavage]

All the relays that are known to go bad and have to be replaced.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:20:32 -0500 Ken Winterling
<wa2lbi at frontiernet.net> writes:
Did I mention that the FT-102 has TWO analog meters?!  What's not to like
about this rig? :)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ken
> 
> On 2/10/06, CEMILTON at aol.com <CEMILTON at aol.com> wrote:
> > All around best???????
> >
> > I guess my vote would go to the Kenwood TS-830s with matching  
> accessories.
> > The receiver in the 830s can HEAR!  The rig is easy to  load up to 
> most any
> > antenna and the 6146's are rugged.  No power foldback  here!
> >
> > If it had any drawbacks it might be lack of memory positions.  
> But,  Kenwood
> > solved that with the VFO 230 and the DFC 230.  The latter being 
> one  of the
> > most stable VFO's I've ever seen.
> >
> > I own two 830s, one stock and the other with easily reversible 
> INRAD Filter
> > mods.  I prefer the stock one.
> >
> > And maintenance is still possible by those of us over 60 who don't 
> have SMT
> > facilities.
> >
> > 73 de W4MIL
> > Chuck