In the early 80', just after the 21st cycle peak, I had two TS830.
Incidentally one had sometimes a problem in the PLL that was fixed
following Kenwood directions (ground contact).
I never tried on 160m (not allowed yet) but in both the receivers it
appeared consistently overloaded on 15, 20 and 40 m when connected to
a "serious" antenna systems.
Nothing like that happened with any TS930/940 under the same antennas,
sometimes only a slight trouble on 40m that required a small amount of
attenuation to fix.
A number of TS 930 had instad a lot of troubles with the poor quality
of the printed circuit of the digital board.
... I couldn't ever finish a contest using an FT102.
73,
Mauri I4JMY
>
> The 830 is the best performing radio; however, The 930 is more fun to
use and
> a superb performer. If you want brut output power go with the 102.
I've had
> at least 6 of each and enjoyed operating them all. The key to your
selection
> should be features e..g., only the 930 has general coverage and is
fully
> solid state with an built in ant tuner. Good luck.
> John w5gi
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