Thanks, Steve.

It was good to work you last night on 40 meters as well, despite having to 
fight through all of the static crashes from the storms that were between 
Michigan and your part of Pennsylvania.

I wish I could be on the 20-meter net today from here at the home QTH, so 
that others could hear the 590 and give me their reactions, but we are about 
ready to head out to the RV camp site, and will be having dinner out there 
with friends right about at net time.

Never enough hours in a day, or a week, for that matter.  (grin)

Regarding the firmware upgrade, I looked at the documentation, and didn't 
personally find it necessary, although folks on the TS590 list say that 
sometimes little tweaks exist in the updates that do not show up in the 
documentation.

I may do it at some point, but probably not right now.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: TS590 Firmware Update: Has Anyone Tried It?


Tom,

If you go to the site and follow the link to the firmware updating
program, you will see a  revision history list.

Then you can decide if  the update gives you something  worth  the trouble.
BTW, nice to work you last night on 40 and glad the amp is keying ok now.


73, Steve KW3A

On 7/3/2011 8:51 AM, tom behler wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> You may recall that, last week, I posted a link to what apparently is a 
> new
> Firmware upgrade for the TS590.  It is version 1.05.
>
> http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/software_download.html
>
>
>
> Does anyone know what you gain from the upgrade, and if it's worth 
> pursuing?
>
> Currently I, and I assume many others on the list, have version 1.04.
>
> If you ask on the TS590 list, you get a response suggesting that:  "you 
> have
> to be crazy not to update, since it's just like getting a brand new radio
> out of the box."
>
> While I suppose this is true, I personally am not one who always goes for
> the latest upgrades, just because they are out there.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>