use the external tuners when you get an amplifier.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: the kenwood ts480HX, I'm in the market!
> To get 200 watts out, you will need either a single power supply that
> can put out 41 amps, or a pair of supplies that will do at least 20.5
> amps each. There are 2 inputs on the radio so you can use 2 supplies
> if you wish, but the output voltages need to be set very close to each
> other. I forget what the max difference between the supplies is, but
> this is all stuff to consider before putting out the money.
>
> I had no experience with the 570, but I found the auto tuner in the 480
> is quite good. If you get the 100 watt model with the tuner, you may
> find that it matches things your old 570 would not. Then you could do
> away with some of those external tuners you spent money on, or maybe not.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 7/14/2012 6:45 PM, Pat Byrne wrote:
>> I agree with Butch. The extra 100 watts might increase your local
>> RFI and not make a whole lot of difference in your signal
>> strength. And Universal Radio are good guys.
>> Pat, K9JAUAt 05:36 PM 7/14/2012, you wrote:
>>> Personally, I'd go for the 100 watt with the tuner. If not, you'll need
>>> a larger supply and probably an external tuner. I felt the same way you
>>> did when I bought my 590. I asked hro in Debnver and they wouldn't
>>> install the voice board. I called universal radio and got radio for the
>>> same price and they installed the board free.
>>> 73
>>> Butch
>>> WA0VJR
>>> Node 3148
>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, Harry
>>> Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> Well folks, yes, I have been bitten, severely, by the hf bug.
>>>> Now that my ham friends in my building, are back on hf with the Kenwood
>>>> =
>>>> 570, I am going to buy an hf rig!
>>>> I've called ham radio outlet, and they have the kenwood ts480HX, that
>>>> is =
>>>> the 200 watt rig!
>>>> I'm wondering about the vgs1 speech board, did I get that name right? =
>>>> Anyway, I don't know how to put the speech board in, so, I wonder if
>>>> ham =
>>>> radio outlet would put it in for me?
>>>> Or, is it something a blind ham can do?
>>>> I bet it is, but folks, I don't want to ruin a new radio!
>>>> So, I'm all ears!
>>>> 73,
>>>> Trippy, ac8s, who can't wait to get his own hf station on the air!
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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