On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Believe me or not. The designer of TS590 also a K3 owner. > > He sure made some very questionable choices if he had a K3 to > copy from! > > The TS-590 only uses the down conversion/roofing filter system > on the 160, 80, 60, 40, 20 and 15 meter amateur bands! Outside > those bands and above 21 MHz it is a conventional up conversion > design. Why he chose to do what amounts to a complete second > receiver from the antenna to the 24 KHz DSP last IF/demodulator > is complete mystery. For essentially the same parts cost he > could have included a second, lower performance receiver like > the FT-5000. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 10/18/2010 10:11 AM, Johnny Siu wrote: >> Believe me or not. The designer of TS590 also a K3 owner. I met him in Aug >> 2010 in Tokyo. >> >> cheers, >> >> Johnny VR2XMC >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> 寄件人﹕ "[email protected]"<[email protected]> >> 收件人﹕ [email protected] >> 傳送日期﹕ 2010/10/18 (一) 10:05:40 PM >> 主題： [Elecraft] New Kenwood TS0-590 >> >> I finally got a chance to see the new Kenwood rig at HRO in Portland >> last Saturday. Didn't get to play with it for very long as there were >> too many others who wanted to play with it too. Anyway, it seems like a >> nice radio--sounded good--looks good--but still missing lots of things >> we get with a K3. It does seem like an obvious attempt to compete >> somewhat with the K3, but it's NOT a true contender for a lot of >> reasons. >> >> The ergonomics were fairly good, and unlike Yaesu, for example, they >> don't bury everything deep in a menu system. But you still have to push >> buttons a few extra times. For example, setting power level and keyer >> speed takes a couple of extra pushes of buttons vs. the K3. Like I said >> above, I didn't really get to play with it very long, but I'm certain >> you would be giving up a lot if you opted for this vs. a K3. >> >> The folks at Pacificon probably got a better chance to look at the new >> Kenwood. At least it shows that Kenwood is still in the amateur radio >> business, which I think is a good thing. >> >> Dave W7AQK >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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