It will never happen.

The manufacturers have too much money tied up in low band radios.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: Kenwood TS-2000


> Hi to all.
>
> That radio has been on my wish list for a while, but I am hanging back
> until I see if BPL is going to make HF unusable, because it is frankly too
> much money to sink into 2 meters and 70 cm, and besides, my Kenwood TS790
> does a fabulous job up there.  I live in Rochester, approximately 1 mile
> from a major hospital, and the receiver on the '790 is clean as a
> whistle.   That's a lot more than I can say for the Icom IC-706 MkII G.
>
> Don't get me wrong.  I like the Icom for what it is, but it can't hold a
> candle on VHF/UHF to the Kenwood TS790.
>
> Anyway, I got off on a tangent.  I am keenly intersted in the messages
sent
> on this list detailing the filtering options.  I like the idea of a manual
> notch.  At first it might sound frivolous, but automatic notches don't cut
> it for HF CW operation, and CW operation makes up about 60% of my
operating
> activity.  Enough so that I always buy a good tight CW filter for my rigs,
> usually 250 Hz or something close to that if one is offered.
>
> As for IF DSP, I am still waiting to experience that.  I've used AF DSP
for
> about 7 years now, and my results have been so so.  I can often clean a
lot
> of noise off the signal, but I dislike the watery sound that signals can
> take on when they are being digitally processed, and I generally wish I
had
> my old Autek Research QF1A audio filter back.  It was awesome.
>
> I'm probably not going to make any more significant investments in HF
> equipment, given what I am hearing about areas of the country where BPL is
> being implemented, but if they somehow decide to back away from this
> technology, then I'll revisit the idea.
>
>
> Otherwise, it's more money than I think I can afford to throw down the
toilet.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
>
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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