They're probably trying to save money by eliminating a bunch of tight band-pass filters for the ham bands. They're betting that no one needs high dynamic range on any bands other than 1.8/3.5/7/14/21 MHz, nor on any modes other than SSB/FSK/CW.
I beg to differ :) 73, Wayne N6KR On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:38 PM, [email protected] wrote: > That makes absolutely no sense to me. Can you or anyone else here > well versed in radio design please explain to me why the Kenwood > engineers would do this? > > Tnx, > James K2QI > ------Original Message------ > From: Larry Phipps > To: James Sarte > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: QST's review of the Yaesu FTDX5000MP > Sent: Nov 15, 2010 15:50 > > 'Yup, as far as I can tell, and also for any BW on 12, 10 or 6m. > > Larry N8LP > > > On 11/15/2010 3:33 PM, James Sarte wrote: >> This is one thing I don't understand with the TS-590s: >> >> "For 1.8/3.5/7/14/21MHz amateur bands, when receiving in CW/FSK/SSB >> modes down conversion is selected automatically if the final passband >> is 2.7kHz or less" >> >> So does that mean if the passband selected is greater than 2700 Hz, >> the receiver switches to upconversion?!? >> >> James K2QI >> >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:23 PM, N8LP <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> The panadapter limitations are easily taken care of with a 3rd >> party >> panadapter. FT5K versions are among the top 4 selling versions of >> LP-PAN. >> They were smart enough to include a built in IF output. More than >> I can say >> for Kenwood, who not only didn't provide an IF output jack on >> their latest >> offering, but came up with perhaps the goofiest conversion scheme >> I have >> seen in a long time. >> >> Larry N8LP >> >> >> > > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
