Hi John.

When you think about it, that is the perfect field day radio.  It isn't 
complicated, gives decent performance, and covers the same 5 bands that get 
used in Field Day anyway.  Sounds like a good idea to me.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 10:17 PM 2/26/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Yeah, I won't bother with the narrow SSB filter for sure, I had the SSB
>filter in my TS-440 and it's a little too narrow to listen to.
>
>I don't need another radio, that makes 5 HF radios, but I bought it to fix,
>it has a couple minor problems, and I may hang on to it for special events
>and field day or something possibly, or just something to play with now and
>then. I used to get mad at myself for having more UHF/VHF radios than HF
>when I like HF better, now, I think, not counting the HT's, now, I think I
>have more HF radios. lol If I'm not there I"ll have to get rid of a VHF one
>because I have no room for another HF radio.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:31 PM
>Subject: Re: TS-120
>
>
> > Hi John..
> >
> > Yes, that radio will take either the YK88CN or the YK88C filter depending
> > upon whether you want 270 Hz or 500 Hz filters.  I've always bought the
> > 270
> > Hz filter for all of my Kenwoods. I think it is a worthwhile improvement
> > over just using the IF Shift, and the combination of the IF Shift and the
> > YK88CN is really tight.  I never did bother with the 1.8 KHz SSB
> > filter--the stock filter seemed satisfactory to me.
> >
> > I also had the DFC 230 digital frequency controller which plugged into the
> > VFO jack and gave you a digitally synthesized VFO and 4 channels of
> > memory.  Unfortunately it wasn't battery backed so it would go back to
> > wherever the bottom of the VFO coverage was as soon as you powered the rig
> > down.  But the DFC230 had decidedly less drift than the internal VFO, and
> > it also gave me the capability to work splits.  Although the DFC230 was
> > introduced with the Kenwood TS130S, 530S, and 830S, it is backwards
> > compatible to the TS120S as well.
> >
> > Something to keep in mind if you ever see one somewhere and you decide to
> > hang onto the TS120S (and I would just to have the spare radio).
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> > At 06:26 PM 2/26/2008 -0500, you wrote:
> >>I think I figured out how to put it in CW, just there is no narrow filter
> >>for CW in it. I'd like to see if I can work it in the club's field day
> >>this
> >>year for a workout if it's ready by then so I might have to add the filter
> >>for that. The night time crew is CW only from midnight to 6 AM and they'll
> >>want that filter in it. I think that's the YK88CN, I can find them any day
> >>of the week. As long as it's not as bad as the TS-440 to put it in I'll be
> >>happy.
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Walt Sebastian" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:11 PM
> >>Subject: Re: TS-120
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi John,
> >> > I used a TS120 when I took a lightning strike and power surge on my
> >> > TS520.
> >> > I agree it is a nice little radio.  I don't remember how to use it on
> >> > CW
> >> > but
> >> > it didn't have a CW filter in it but the I-F shift made it so tight
> >> > that I
> >> > could use it in place of a filter.  Good luck with that one.
> >> >
> >> > Walt
> >> > WA4QXT
> >> > New London CT
> >> > [log in to unmask]
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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