There's an ad for the new rig on the back page of the June QST. I'm not impressed. Kenwood did make some decent HF rigs back in the days of the TS-830, 850 and 930. From the 940 on, though, I think they seriously dropped the ball. This new one just seems like it's too little, too late.
Rob K6RB > Maybe I haven't tried hard enough, but I can't seem to see the reasoning > behind the two displays that, apparently, show the same VFO A and VFO B > information. Did they just have panel space left over after running out > of button and knob functions? > > Terry, W0FM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Ferrington, M0XDF [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig? > > THe link given http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/new-equipment/ts-990_picture/ > gives you a reasonable picture, click the picture and it's its possible to > see individual controls. > On a Mac, you can ctrl-scroll to increase the magnification of the screen > by significant amounts - I can not only see each function, but can read > light blue and grey text on the display and each mark on the meter. > > I counted 'double-pots' concentric knobs as two controls, but that only > added 11 controls. > > 73 de David, M0XDF > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
