Many thanks for these suggestions.  I believe it may be an older 830 so I'll
be on guard for these potential problems.  Lou
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Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: ts 830


> Hi Lou
>
> I had a few of them over the years, certainly a classic.
>
> Couple of ideas for you.
>
> I seem to remember that one of mine was a bit more prone to drift
> than it should have been.  Turned out to be some washers on the
> vfo board needed replacing and some of the connectors connecting
> the boards together wanted cleaning.
>
> I remember the details being well documented at www.mods.dk
>
> also, be careful of the din sockets on the back.  From what I can
> remember there are two types of plug with the same number of
> pins and it has been known for the wrong plug to be used and
> cause dammage to the socket (found this happened to one of mine)
> not easy to repair as socket is not easy to access.
>
> Also, band switch can become worn if it has had a lot of use, can
> show itself by low output or poor receiver, quite a job if you get it
> changed but mine went on for years, just had to slightly move it to
> bring back the receive or transmit.
>
> Never changed the pa valves, they outlast the driver which I did
> need to replace, I think the driver valve is run close to its limit.
>
> Think it worked better with a high impeedance mic but may be
> switchable inside.
>
> hth
>
>
>
> On 29 Dec 2007 at 12:31, Lou Kolb wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thanks to the generosity of a rig-rich friend, I'm about to acquire a =
> > Kenwood ts 830.  30 year old technology, of course, but in it's day, a =
> > highly regarded radio.  I don't expect too much trouble mastering it =
> > since everything is hard-switched.  But I know many of you have had =
> > experience with this time-honored workhorse and I'd be interested to =
> > hear any tips or other thoughts you might have regarding this rig.  I've
=
> > never really gotten to play with one for any  length of time and I'm =
> > looking forward to it.  Thanks in advance for any comments.  Lou wa3mix
> >
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