[Kenwood] TS940 potential problems

[Jordan Arndt]

The TS-940's I've seen and used have high phase noise levels as well....My 
450s is much quieter than any of them were.....

73...Jordan VE6ZT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS940 potential problems


> Being a serious contester, and having owned a TS-820,830,930,940,950SDX 
> and now 590S, I will say that the TS-940 is my least favorite radio (I 
> still have the 830, 930 and a pair of 590's, so that tells you something). 
> It suffered from a serious design defect that caused it to generate 
> spurious signals +-2 kHz from the carrier frequency. There were several 
> service bulletins on this matter, none of which were effective in solving 
> the problem. For a number of years back in the 80's and 90's, it was very 
> easy to spot those who were using TS-940's in a CW contest. Eventually, 
> all serious contesters sold their 940's, and this major source of 
> unnecessary QRM disappeared.
>
> YMMV.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On 04/18/2013 11:38 AM, John wrote:
>> I might be able to pick up a Kenwood TS940 in a trade, and the 940
>> looks like a great older radio.  I have heard a couple of people
>> mention that the TS930 is one of the best CW contesting rigs ever
>> build, so I figure the 940 should be good at CW as well. Are there any
>> typical problems that show up in the 940 that I should look for or be
>> aware of?
>>
>> 73 John AF5CC
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