That's what I'm thinking. 1 of our regular radios for field day was
supposedly retired last year, I was told next year to find another radio, he
wasn't bringing his radio back and this would be the perfect replacement.
With the little I've played with it, I think that would be great.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: TS-120
> 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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