John, I agree with you.  A radio without synthesizer can be quite cumbersome 
at first but it can become very usable after some use.  It will take a 
little trial and error but you can use it until you can do better.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Computer interface for the Kenwood TS-50.


>I don't know if it has it either, but it's something to look in to. If not,
> really, I find even if you're stuck with nothing, once you get a feel for
> the radio and the bands, you can come very close to where you want to be. 
> I
> can honestly, on my 830, after about 5 minutes to get used to it again, 
> put
> that thing very close to dead on where I want to be and more often than 
> not
> I can actually do it with out anyone being there to tune in to. It's just 
> a
> case of practice. I rather have the voice read out or something, but as 
> you
> learn where the birdies are on the bands, the group that's on all the time
> playing with audio, the group picking on each other, really it's not
> impossible to work with the radio and have a good idea where you are on 
> the
> bands you use most.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Computer interface for the Kenwood TS-50.
>
>
>> Hi John, thanks for the idea of putting the lower band edge in a memory.
>> I will definitely do that.
>> I don't know if the TS-430 has a signal generator. I didn't see anything
>> about it in the manual.
>> I'll check again, I may have over looked it.
>> Thanks again for your help and 73.
>