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!
> >
> >