't seems like, when some manufacturers put a 6 in the model number, makes it 
good on six meters.

73, de The Other Howard, WA9RYF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Kenwood TS680s


> Hi, all.
>
> I  know this is going to sound weird, but I had never heard of the earlier
> TS680 until this thread appeared.
>
> I always try to figure out how manufacturers number their rig models, and
> find it interesting that the TS680 seems to have been out before the TS480
> and the TS590.
>
> I guess it's just the professor in me---trying to find logic, where logic
> doesn't always necessarily exist.  (smile)
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 11:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Kenwood TS680s
>
> Someone feel free to correct me, but as I recall, the TS-680 is a TS-140 =
> with 6 meters added. The '140 has no speech board available, and it also =
> does not have a keypad for frequency entry. Nor does it have a built-in =
> autotuner.=20
>
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: 814-860-3194=20
> Mobile: 814-431-0962
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>> On Aug 8, 2015, at 11:26 PM, Scott Gillen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>=20
>> Anyone familiar with a Kenwood TS680s?  There is one for sale online =
> out her=3D
>> e but it's not a rig I'm familiar with.=3D20
>>=20
>> 73
>> Scott
>> ZL1CHM / N0HOK
>> Auckland New Zealand
>>=20
>> Sent from my iPhone=3D