[Kenwood] RE: best all round rig

[Brian K. Gaskamp]

450 SAT is a good choice or its little brother the 440 SAT.
I owned the 440 when I 1st upgraded and easy to use and always great reports
on signal and audio.

Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Dickinson, III" <softblue at alltel.net>
To: "'Ken Winterling'" <wa2lbi at frontiernet.net>; "'Peter Markavage'"
<manualman at juno.com>
Cc: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Kenwood] RE: best all round rig


>
> I'm may be, pending hearing from a technician, in need of a new
> fixed-location rig.  My budget is limited and I will go with an older used
> rig.  My operation is SSB rag-chew and I am used to pretty good receivers.
>
> Does anyone care to offer any thoghts on the TS-450S?  (a built-in antenna
> tuner is not particularly important to me).
>
>
> 73,
> Dick - KA5KKT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken Winterling
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:44 PM
> To: Peter Markavage
> Cc: yaesu at mailman.qth.net; kenwood at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] RE: best all round rig
>
> True, but once the '102 relays are replaced you have a very fine rig.
> It is similar to having to replace the band switch coupling in every '830,
> cleaning/soldering the band switch rivets and putting internal tooth
washers
> and a separate ground wire on the AVR board.  Once you are done you have a
> fine rig that requires minimum future maintenance.
>
> Ken, WA2LBI
>
> On 2/10/06, Peter Markavage <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> > 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
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