[Kenwood] VFO-240

manualman at juno.com manualman at juno.com
Fri Apr 26 23:30:00 EDT 2013


The VFO-240 came out 7 or 8 years before the TS-940 hit the market.
Product model labeling is a science that generally is "concocted" by
marketing and product managers. Sometimes their final logic is hard to
understand. I know; I was one once upon a time.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:01:17 -0700 "Dennis Younker NE6I" <ne6i at cox.net>
writes:
> Okay, thanks. It's a little kludgy to switch between A and B but that 
> does 
> work of course. It's interesting that they named this VFO as a 240 
> series 
> and yet it's compatible with the 530 and 830 radios. Anyway, I have 
> the VFO 
> in my closet (formerly attached to a 530) and thought I'd ask.
> 
> --Dennis NE6I
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <manualman at juno.com>
> To: <ne6i at cox.net>
> Cc: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] VFO-240
> 
> 
> > Since the TS-940S already has two VFO functions (VFO A and VFO B) 
> there
> > was no reason to provide any rear panel connections for an 
> additional
> > external VFO.
> >
> > Pete, wa2cwa
> >
> > On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:16:10 -0700 "Dennis Younker NE6I" 
> <ne6i at cox.net>
> > writes:
> >> I can't seem to find the answer to this question on the web.
> >>
> >> Is the VFO-240 compatible with the TS-940S?
> >>
> >> --Dennis NE6I 


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