[Kenwood] TS850 serial number question

[Kostas SV1DPI]

By the way my 850 has serial number 60700165. As i bought it second hand, i 
don't know the production date. Anyone who knows more?
Kostas sv1dpi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steef PA2A" <pa2a at xs4all.nl>
To: "John Geiger" <n5ten at yahoo.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>; 
<kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS850 serial number question


> John,
>
> Serial numbers starting with a 2 or 3 have the leaking capacitors problem, 
> see http://zievid.com/W6OT/TS-850/CarrierBoardCaps.htm Starting with a 
> serial number 5 has no problems (yet) and the DDS chips are of a newer 
> type. More mods on http://www.radiomods.co.nz/kenwood/kenwoodts850.html 
> and http://n6tr.jzap.com/850repair.html
>
> 73 's Steve PA2A
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <n5ten at yahoo.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>; <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:49 PM
> Subject: [Kenwood] TS850 serial number question
>
>
>>A local friend has a Kenwood TS850 available which I
>> might be trading for.  What serial number range is
>> best for this rig?  I understand that you generally
>> want one with the newer DDS chips in it.  Also,
>> besides the memory battery (which I know about) are
>> there any other age related problems which are common
>> in this rig?
>>
>> 73s John AA5JG
>>
>>
>>
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