If I were you, I'd stick with that 950,  there's not much out there that
could match up to it other then maybe an Icom 756 or something like that and
I don't even know if that would.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Barrett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:30 PM
Subject: new hf transceiver


> Hi All
>
> Just wondering about accessibility of some of the newer radios.  I feel it
> is soon time to replace my old ts-950sdx and I am wondering where to
> go.
>
> Is anyone on the group using any tentec gear, in particular the orian?
> How is it for accessibility?  While I always like kenwood for their
> accessibility, I am not totally convinced that their current equipment
> stands up to some of the older stuff.  A friend has a ts-870 which I was
> lucky enough to play with in my shack and, on top band, my main
> operating band, it suffered from receiver overload and seemed not to
> handle strong cw signals.  I put this down to lack of filtering, relying
> on
> the dsp.  I also noticed that, using the filter controls to narrow the
> bandwidth, the agc still seemed to respond to signals several kcs away.
> I feel that, overall, my 950 is a better performer but it is getting old.
>
> I have been waiting and hoping that kenwood would bring out a top of
> the range replacement for the ts-950 but to date they seem not to have
> gone in that direction.  So I now feel I must look at the competition.
>
> Perhaps the ft1000 mark 5 may be another possibility.  I know that this
> does not seem accessible but what about computer control?  Could I get
> in to the menue system in this way?
>
> Any thoughts welcome.
>
> Keith
>
> - -
>
> Keith Barrett
>
>
> gw4nby
>
> Bridgend
> South Wales
>