Hi Travis The fact that you haven't been able to locate another current radio like yours does not surprise me in the least. I still own a Kenwood TS-790E transceiver, although actually I've done the modification to the radio which turns it into the TS-790A, plus general coverage transmit and receive from about 110 to 200 MHZ Vhf, and 420 to 470 MHZ UHF. I also fitted the 50 MHZ transvertor to it a few years back but had to remove it because it was defective. I ended up getting the cost of that refunded because Aden Communications here in the UK didn't have any more in stock and they always were hard to get from Kenwood.
Anyway, it's very interesting listening at times up on UHF here in the UK. I'm not going to outline what is up there. Suffice it to say that it isn't material which would be safe to expose if your radio was stolen or something. I also did the same mod to my old dual-band Kenwood handheld and got similarly good results. The 790 is infinitely more sensitive than the handheld, and actually you'd be hard pushed to find a scanner that even comes close to it in terms of sensitivity because the 790, like the TS-850 I also have here, has a triple het receiver. It's far more noticeable when listening to very weak signals such as those of the low-powered DCN radios in use by the various public organisations using them. Anyway, I've said enough! ;-) Gordon On 24 May 2012, at 17:12, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: Ahh, that is probably quite accurate, used to listen to police, fire, ambulance, and the like, as well as weather stations directly from noaa. It sure is a handy little radio, and I've not been able to find anything like it in current offerings. ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
