Matt, I absolutely love my 480.
The only menu item that doesn't talk on the 480 that I know of, is the 
Power/SWR meter.
Their is lots of documentation on the usual places about this radio.
I made an audio discription of the control head buttons if you want it.
That separate head is very easy to become very happy with.
Their are a couple of things that do drive me nuts about the radio.  No 
radio is perfect.
1.  The volume and squelch are on the same knobb.  The RF gain is a menu 
option.
2.  The mike and key plug in to the body of the radio instead of the head.
Other than that, no complaints.
If you run CW, you will want one of the internal filters.  They turn the 
radio from an average radio in to a very compedative performer.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 1:42 PM
Subject: Kenwood TS480sat


> Hi, Folks.  I just bought a TS480SAT with the VGS1 voice chip.  I
> have a few questions:
>
> How accessible is this rig compared to the TS590?
>
> Are there any accessible docs for this rig?
>
> What's been the experience using this rig overall?  I thought about
> buying the 590, but can't justify the expense.  Any thoughts and
> ideas are greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.--Matt, N1IBB.