[Kenwood] Kenwood TS-520 or 520ES

[Tom Bowman]

For $60 more check item number: 300172227755 complete with CW filter.

Tom, WA3REY

On Nov 15, 2007 7:40 AM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> John wrote:
>
> Thanks to all for the info.  There is one 520S I found on e-bay that
> doesn't work and has a buy it  now for $125.00 if I recall.  The
> seller doesn't know how to fix it.
>
> Can someone take a look and see if this is a good deal?  Or should I
> pass and spend the extra money and get an operational one.
>
> Hi John,
>
> I can't find that on the Bay and you didn't provide a listing number
> or description. Was it run over by a bus or did the magic smoke come
> out of a resitor? If you feel comfortable poking around in a rig I
> don't think that price would be excessive. Go for it. Get the
> manuals...the original ones if you can and find all the info you can
> get about possible mods or failures for that rig - the internet is a
> good resource.
>
> I once steered a friend to a set of Kenwood twins - R599/T599  with
> the matching speaker for $250 at a distant swap n swindle. The seller
> of course testified to how great the rig worked. It didn't work
> (surprise)- even had some missing parts. My friend found another one
> he bought from a local ham with new finals for on;y $200. I bought the
> defective rig complete for the $200 he paid for the working outfit and
> repaired it in an hour for about $15 worth of parts (lucky to have a
> good junque box). Later I replaced the tired finals. Its 18 years
> later and it is still my main HF rig. I have had to repair it a couple
> of times since but it takes a pounding with things like Field Day.
> That TS 520 is not very much more difficult to service as far as I
> know. A friend of mine had one and inside it looked like my 599 twins
> repackaged into one box as a transceiver. Other members may be able to
> confirm that or warn you off.
>
> The radio has some IC's, transistors, tubes (finals & driver), and
> other discrete parts on single layer circuit boards. The finals are
> socketed in a metal chasis. Bolts and screws gold everything firmly
> together. I believe the 520 is made the same way. That type of
> construction is very serviceable AND seems to be very reliable.
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