Yes, I would have to agree with that although, not sure that the 
newer ones have the same audio quality as the older ones with the 
high voltage finals.  More distortion products in a 12 volt final.


On 31 May 2006 at 11:25, John Miller wrote:

> still can't beat Kenwood audio in most people's books though. Icom is better 
> than they were and I'd look to them maybe for another radio down the road, 
> I'd have to lean toward Kenwood until Icom audio is a little better and they 
> can read the menus though I do manage with my 706 just fine. All the rest 
> art totally not accessible right now with out computer and I don't want to 
> hook my HF radio to a computer to use it unless I'm running it via remote 
> control. Some day I'll learn ham radio deluxe enough so I can do a little 
> more of that.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Barrett" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:37 AM
> Subject: Re: tentec
> 
> 
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > I almost get the feeling that kenwood are no longer placing
> > themselves in the top end of the hf market.  When you think that the
> > last one was the ts-950sdx which has been gone a good 10 years now.
> >
> > Perhaps they think the research and development costs are too high?
> > Although yaesu seem to be launching a lot of stuff at the moment.
> >
> > Not sure about the jupiter but I had an omni series some years ago
> > which was one of the best receivers I have ever used.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 30 May 2006 at 22:55, Richard Fiorello wrote:
> >
> >> Hi;
> >> Well, the tentec orion is a bit pricey for my budget but I am curious if
> >> anyone has tried the tentec jupiter?  Its probably the best idea but I 
> >> kind
> >> of hate limiting my choices to kenwood or Icom.  Speaking of kenwood, 
> >> anyone
> >> have any thoughts as to why they haven't come out with something similar 
> >> to
> >> ft1000 or icom 756?
> >> Richard
> >>
> >>
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