Mike, congratulations on the new TS-590. After you posted the info you did
about the TS-590 price reduction, I, too, decided to purchase another one
for my new house that we are building. I didn't want to transport my entire
station back and forth between my lake house and our new house in Bowling
Green, and I still had some money that I saved from my last big consulting
job; so, since I love the TS-590 I have so much, I just decided to bite the
bullet and buy another one. Now, I am looking for a ALS-1300. If anyone
knows of one for sale that is in excellent condition, let me know.

Ron, K8HSY
  

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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 9:11 PM
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Subject: Christmas in October

A week ago last Friday, I bought a TS590 from Main Trading Company just
before I posted their price to this list.

It arrived at the UPS store last Wednesday, but since we were headed out of
town for the weekend to surprise a friend for his 86th birthday, we left it
there until today.

I just got it unpacked, sat on the desk, and the cable routed to the power
supply..

Kathleen will look at the manual and install the VGS1 tomorrow evening. 
She is still in recovery mode from the drive this weekend, so we didn't
tackle that one tonight.

I will wait until that is done to fire it up.

First new HF rig since my TS570 in 1998.

Now, thanks to I Can Work This Thing dot Com, I have a bunch of reading to
do.

Beats the heck out of Trick or Treat any day.

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Mike Duke, K5XU