[Yaesu] Re: [Kenwood] RE: best all round rig

[John Geiger (NE0P)]

And it won't do split frequency operation without an external VFO;  and you have to retune it for band changes.  I believe the FT980 also had dual meters.  It had a kind of noisy synthesizer, but I don't think it has the relay problems that the FT102 did-can someone else confirm this?

73s John NE0P


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Peter Markavage <manualman at juno.com>
Date:  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:40:05 -0500

>All the relays that are known to go bad and have to be replaced.
>
>Pete, wa2cwa
>
>On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:20:32 -0500 Ken Winterling
><wa2lbi at frontiernet.net> writes:
>Did I mention that the FT-102 has TWO analog meters?!  What's not to like
>about this rig? :)
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> On 2/10/06, CEMILTON at aol.com <CEMILTON at aol.com> wrote:
>> > All around best???????
>> >
>> > I guess my vote would go to the Kenwood TS-830s with matching  
>> accessories.
>> > The receiver in the 830s can HEAR!  The rig is easy to  load up to 
>> most any
>> > antenna and the 6146's are rugged.  No power foldback  here!
>> >
>> > If it had any drawbacks it might be lack of memory positions.  
>> But,  Kenwood
>> > solved that with the VFO 230 and the DFC 230.  The latter being 
>> one  of the
>> > most stable VFO's I've ever seen.
>> >
>> > I own two 830s, one stock and the other with easily reversible 
>> INRAD Filter
>> > mods.  I prefer the stock one.
>> >
>> > And maintenance is still possible by those of us over 60 who don't 
>> have SMT
>> > facilities.
>> >
>> > 73 de W4MIL
>> > Chuck
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