Hi Gary.

I was going to comment on the Kenwood R5000.  It depends quite a bit on 
what it has with it for accessories.  If it is just the R5000 by itself, 
I'd probably try about $350, but if it has the VC20 VHF converter and the 
filters, then it is probably worth probably more like $450 to $500.  The 
R5000 had a pretty decent receiver, about comparable to the receiver in the 
TS440S.  The only negative that I've ever heard about the radio is that the 
internal power supply generated quite a bit of heat and there were some 
problems that tended to occur with the radio because of this, so if you get 
the radio with the DCK-2 DC kit installed, it might be better to run it on 
an external 13.8 VDC supply.  One very nice feature of that radio is that 
you can switch filters independently of the mode setting, which can be an 
extremely hand feature for medium wave DXing as it is often helpful to 
stick the SSB filter in when trying to listen to foreign signals that come 
through in between the American channels (not everyone uses 10 kHz channel 
spacing).

I've never heard the VC20 so I don't know how good or bad the VHF converter 
was.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 12:10 AM 2/27/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>A friend has a Kenwood TS570S with the MC60 mike.  What's it worth ?
>Also has a Kenwood R5000 shortwave receiver.  What is it worth as well?
>Gary KB2YAA
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