My mistake.  I always thought the fan was at the rear, pulling air 
through the front vents and out the back.   Of course I haven't had it 
open since I put the voice board in 10 years ago.  I guess my memory 
went with my hair.

73, Steve KW3A

On 6/14/2011 10:13 AM, John Miller wrote:
> I don't know about your ts-2000 but the fan's in front of mine just behind
> the front panel. that was one of the first things I noticed when I opened it
> up to put the voice synth in and the recorder was how unusual that was to
> me.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Forst"<[log in to unmask]>
> To:<[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: ordered a 590
>
>
>> 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]
>>> Skype, bobtinn
>>> There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
>>> You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.
>>>
>