[Kenwood] TS940 potential problems

[Steve London]

Yes, I agree with the 940 phase noise comment.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 04/18/2013 12:24 PM, Jordan Arndt wrote:
> 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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