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Hi All
Just wondering about accessibility of some of the newer radios. I feel it
is soon time to replace my old ts-950sdx and I am wondering where to
go.
Is anyone on the group using any tentec gear, in particular the orian?
How is it for accessibility? While I always like kenwood for their
accessibility, I am not totally convinced that their current equipment
stands up to some of the older stuff. A friend has a ts-870 which I was
lucky enough to play with in my shack and, on top band, my main
operating band, it suffered from receiver overload and seemed not to
handle strong cw signals. I put this down to lack of filtering, relying on
the dsp. I also noticed that, using the filter controls to narrow the
bandwidth, the agc still seemed to respond to signals several kcs away.
I feel that, overall, my 950 is a better performer but it is getting old.
I have been waiting and hoping that kenwood would bring out a top of
the range replacement for the ts-950 but to date they seem not to have
gone in that direction. So I now feel I must look at the competition.
Perhaps the ft1000 mark 5 may be another possibility. I know that this
does not seem accessible but what about computer control? Could I get
in to the menue system in this way?
Any thoughts welcome.
Keith
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Keith Barrett
gw4nby
Bridgend
South Wales
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