Hi Lou

I had a few of them over the years, certainly a classic.

Couple of ideas for you.

I seem to remember that one of mine was a bit more prone to drift 
than it should have been.  Turned out to be some washers on the 
vfo board needed replacing and some of the connectors connecting 
the boards together wanted cleaning.

I remember the details being well documented at www.mods.dk

also, be careful of the din sockets on the back.  From what I can 
remember there are two types of plug with the same number of 
pins and it has been known for the wrong plug to be used and 
cause dammage to the socket (found this happened to one of mine) 
not easy to repair as socket is not easy to access.

Also, band switch can become worn if it has had a lot of use, can 
show itself by low output or poor receiver, quite a job if you get it 
changed but mine went on for years, just had to slightly move it to 
bring back the receive or transmit.

Never changed the pa valves, they outlast the driver which I did 
need to replace, I think the driver valve is run close to its limit.

Think it worked better with a high impeedance mic but may be 
switchable inside.

hth



On 29 Dec 2007 at 12:31, Lou Kolb wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks to the generosity of a rig-rich friend, I'm about to acquire a =
> Kenwood ts 830.  30 year old technology, of course, but in it's day, a =
> highly regarded radio.  I don't expect too much trouble mastering it =
> since everything is hard-switched.  But I know many of you have had =
> experience with this time-honored workhorse and I'd be interested to =
> hear any tips or other thoughts you might have regarding this rig.  I've =
> never really gotten to play with one for any  length of time and I'm =
> looking forward to it.  Thanks in advance for any comments.  Lou wa3mix
> 
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