Hi.

What would be really cool would be for someone to build up a talking 
frequency display that could connect in where the old Kenwood DG5 digital 
display used to connect.

I had the TS520S, and it was a really good and reliable radio.  I remember 
when I was working on my ham ticket, thinking that I wanted a Kenwood 
TS520S more than anything.  Ironically, I didn't get one until almost 10 
years after I got my license.  But I wasn't disappointed.  It was a great 
radio.  I used it as a backup radio also, but it was always there when needed.

73, de Lou K2LKK (feeling a little nostalgia)


At 08:03 AM 11/30/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Some of you are familiar with the tube or hybrid equipment. Anyone have tips
>for the Kenwood TS-520 that might be helpful? I picked one up on ebay the
>other day for a great price, too good to pass up. It's my backup radio right
>now and a toy to play with on weekends, with my group on 10 meters I talk to
>and all. I've been using it like my old FT-101E I used to have, tuning for
>maximum output on my old ni-Viking meter with the audio tone, and I know by
>the sounds on the bands where I am. I wouldn't use it as an every day user
>but as a short time backup or weekend driver, you might say, I am very happy
>with the radio. If anyone has tips though that might help me, let me know. I
>know I love the sound of these radios and the smooth feel of the controls
>and really a lot about them, lack of menus and extra bells and whistles I
>don't need. AM would have been nice too but I didn't know it didn't have it
>until after I got it and for $100 with the MC-50 I'm sure not going to
>complain. I mostly bought this to have fun with and as a backup, I hear so
>many of them on the bands still.
>*note, to the newbie/s, don't think about it. You're better off with voice
>frequency read out if you can't see until you know your way by sound around
>the bands.*
>John Miller N1UMJ
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