Hi John.
I admit that the TS830S has a fabulous receiver. It was probably the best
radio in that era. I used one when our local radio club ran a station for
the Initernational Lighhouse & Light Ship Weekend a few years ago, and it
was a great sounding radio.
My point, though, was that having lived through that era and having done
all the things one had to do to use that generation of radio, I wouldn't
choose to go back when I can push a button and I know exactly what
frequency I'm on, at least out to 10 Hz resolution, and I can push another
button and the thing is all tuned up. I admit I'm spoiled because I also
prefer the newer shortwave receivers where I know what frequency I am on to
the old ones where I had to make a kind of guestimate, and sometimes that
guestimate wasn't very good.
73, de Crazy Lou, K2LKK
At 08:15 PM 4/5/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>OK crazy. (you did say call you crazy) anyway, I like my TS-830 as the
>backup. I'd never use a yaesu due to their attitude and lack of quality
>control, but I'll try any radio other than theirs and probably alinco once.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 7:55 PM
>Subject: Re: Computer interface for the Kenwood TS-50.
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > That maybe true, but after having used some of the modern accessible rigs,
> > I wouldn't choose to go back to the way things were. Call me crazy, but I
> > like to spend my time working stations, not trying to cope with my rig.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 05:35 AM 4/3/2009 -0400, you wrote:
> >>John, I agree with you. A radio without synthesizer can be quite
> >>cumbersome
> >>at first but it can become very usable after some use. It will take a
> >>little trial and error but you can use it until you can do better.
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:01 PM
> >>Subject: Re: Computer interface for the Kenwood TS-50.
> >>
> >>
> >> >I don't know if it has it either, but it's something to look in to. If
> >> >not,
> >> > really, I find even if you're stuck with nothing, once you get a feel
> >> > for
> >> > the radio and the bands, you can come very close to where you want to
> >> > be.
> >> > I
> >> > can honestly, on my 830, after about 5 minutes to get used to it again,
> >> > put
> >> > that thing very close to dead on where I want to be and more often than
> >> > not
> >> > I can actually do it with out anyone being there to tune in to. It's
> >> > just
> >> > a
> >> > case of practice. I rather have the voice read out or something, but as
> >> > you
> >> > learn where the birdies are on the bands, the group that's on all the
> >> > time
> >> > playing with audio, the group picking on each other, really it's not
> >> > impossible to work with the radio and have a good idea where you are on
> >> > the
> >> > bands you use most.
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:01 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: Computer interface for the Kenwood TS-50.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Hi John, thanks for the idea of putting the lower band edge in a
> >> >> memory.
> >> >> I will definitely do that.
> >> >> I don't know if the TS-430 has a signal generator. I didn't see
> >> >> anything
> >> >> about it in the manual.
> >> >> I'll check again, I may have over looked it.
> >> >> Thanks again for your help and 73.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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