Hi Steve;
Congratulations!
I hope you use it well for many years.
73 De Anthony w2ajv

Sent from my Verizon iPhone

On Jun 14, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Bob,
> 
> You are right about the difference in the fan activity between the 2000 
> and 590.   When I got my 2000 ten years ago, the amount of fan activity 
> and fan noise was  one of the first things I noticed.
> 
> According to the 590's In Depth Manual (which is on the Kenwood site), 
> they designed the radio for better cooling.  Instead of the single fan 
> on the rear panel of the 2000, there are 2 smaller fans running at lower 
> speed placed at the front of the 590.  Supposed to cool better at lower 
> speed/noise.
> 
> I'm enjoying mine and hope I get  a decade of good use out of it as I 
> did the 2000.
> 
> 73, Steve KW3A
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/13/2011 10:54 PM, Bob Tinney wrote:
>> Congratulations Butch and Tom!
>> 
>> The TS590 has a fantastic receiver with tremendous dynamic range.  And
>> another thing that I like is that the finals must be really efficient as the
>> fan almost never runs unlike my TS2000.
>> 
>> Regarding the TS590, almost Everything talks and other keys give a high-on
>> or low-off beep.  The built in digital filtering works GREAT and the band
>> skirts are very sharp with no strong signal feed through that I have ever
>> seen.
>> 
>> Have fun!
>> 
>> Bob Tinney, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
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>> There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
>> You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.
>>