[Kenwood] Backup rig - advice requested.

[Tom Anderson]

I use a TS830s with the nondigital VFO to back up my TS 430SAT.  I also have a 940SAT and a Yaesu 857.

Tom, WW5L




--- On Tue, 11/8/11, Bill Kuhn <BKuhn at kuhngroup.com> wrote:

> From: Bill Kuhn <BKuhn at kuhngroup.com>
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Backup rig - advice requested.
> To: Kenwood at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: Ts-940 at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 12:03 PM
> My TS-530S is my standby rig.
>  
> Full power, WARC bands, digital freq display, lousy SWR
> tolerance, and always excellent TX and audio reports.
>  
> 73 DE NO0OO
> _________________________________________________
>  
> Bill Kuhn 
> _________________________________________________
>  
> In God We Trust
>  
> 
> ________________________________
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> From: kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> on behalf of Kenneth G. Gordon
> Sent: Tue 11/8/2011 12:02 PM
> To: Kenwood at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: Ts-940 at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Kenwood] Backup rig - advice requested.
> 
> 
> 
> I am tentatively looking for an HF backup rig for my
> TS-940SAT. I am
> considering some of the older Kenwood transceivers such as
> the TS-
> 820S, and others.
> 
> I would appreciate learning what the members of this list
> would
> consider to be the most reliable of those older
> transceivers.
> 
> I am NOT particularly interested in all the "bells and
> whistles" as I
> am not going to use this for contesting. Most of my ham
> radio work is
> on CW and/or some digitail, primarily for
> traffic-handling.
> 
> What I would like to aquire is a simple, reliable, 100
> watts or so
> output transceiver, although I would like to have digital
> readout.
> 
> 12 VDC capability would be a bonus, but is not absolutely
> necessary.
> 
> I am experienced at repairing almost any piece of
> equipment, although
> simpler would require less time for such repairs.
> 
> Ken Gordon W7EKB
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