[Kenwood] Backup rig - advice requested.

Wed Nov 9 15:35:00 EST 2011

All those old Kenwoods are nice. I suggest grabbing the first real nice one 
you find.
I have or have had all of them except the TS180S....which is probably also 
nice...just have not come across one!!
I do have a favorite, but I think it is well known...you just can't beat the 
520....or 520S if you want to put the digital readout on it!
....Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: <Kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <Ts-940 at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:02 PM
Subject: [Kenwood] Backup rig - advice requested.
>I am tentatively looking for an HF backup rig for my TS-940SAT. I am
> considering some of the older Kenwood transceivers such as the TS-
> 820S, and others.
>> I would appreciate learning what the members of this list would
> consider to be the most reliable of those older transceivers.
>> I am NOT particularly interested in all the "bells and whistles" as I
> am not going to use this for contesting. Most of my ham radio work is
> on CW and/or some digitail, primarily for traffic-handling.
>> What I would like to aquire is a simple, reliable, 100 watts or so
> output transceiver, although I would like to have digital readout.
>> 12 VDC capability would be a bonus, but is not absolutely necessary.
>> I am experienced at repairing almost any piece of equipment, although
> simpler would require less time for such repairs.
>> Ken Gordon W7EKB
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