Steve,
I'm pretty sure the 820 came before the 830, although I've been wrong
before, and might certainly be again.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 14:00
Subject: Re: a kenwood ts830
> The 830 is the predecessor to the 820. It has a 12by7 driver and 6146
> finals. It was produced circa 1980 and included the WARC bands. Latter
> models had the warc bands included, as I recall, mine had the band switch
> with the bands but the bands weren't available without installing some
> module.
>
> It has a nice filter arrangement with optional Cw filters, and dual
> passband
> filters as well as a decent notch and noise-blanker.
>
> You will need to tune the rig using either max output or a tuning aid as
> it
> had a preselector, and plate tuning and load control.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harry Brown
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 9:30 AM
> Subject: a kenwood ts830
>
>
> Hi all,
> I know of a kenwood ts830, in great shape! I'm not a rig expert, so, I'm =
> just wondering, what are the differences between the kenwood ts120, and =
> the kenwood ts830? From what I remember, the 830 has a built in power =
> supply, is that right?
> Also, can a blind ham tune that rig? What I like about the ts120 is, =
> there's just 1 knob on that rig, which is the power up and down knob, =
> and I just have to use the external tuner to tune the rig.
> So, if any one of yall know about the 830, let me know!
> 73,
> Trippy, ac8s
>
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