Anthony,

The problem with the TX audio is that the widest filter you have on SSB is 
2.4KHz.  To me, that's the most important difference between the TS480 and 
the TS2000.  I wish somebody would come up with a mod for changing that 
filter width.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 17:49
Subject: Re: ts480


> Hi Richard;
>
> You can really get away without the filters.
>
> First of all, the filters have to be soldered in.
>
> Could you believe it in this day an age?
>
> When I had mine I didn't find I needed the filters.
>
> My main complaint with  the radio is that the audio output from the
> transmitter does not have that Kenwood footprint.
>
> Even with the software, I wasn't able to open the audio out to 3.0
>
> As I said in an earlier post, I'm going to wait and see what Kenwood comes
> out with next.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:57 AM
> Subject: ts480
>
>
>> Hi Tom and list;
>> I believe wires four and five are reversed for the ts480.  I have heard 
>> rf
>> complaints concerning the mc60 and wonder what else works well.
>> As for the 480, I have generally purchased new radios and had the seller
>> install voice board and filters.  Lazy I admit it.  I have seen a few
>> ts480s
>> used and wonder how much of a pain filter and speech installation is?
>> Most
>> used ones are just the radios no filters and no speech.
>> Richard
>>
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