[CQ-Contest] Advice on CW/contest rig for $1000-$2000?

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--- Tree N6TR <tree at kkn.net> wrote:
 >
 >  > - Which brand/model are preferred for the above
 > (TS-570DG is one I´ve been
 >  > considering)
 >
 > The TS-570DG is a terrible radio for contesting.
 > From what I understand,
 > it can't transmit and talk to a computer at the same
 > time.  Kenwood
 > has been unwilling to admit there is a problem, and
 > therefore we have
 > no idea if it has been fixed.
 >
 > Avoid this radio at all costs.
 >
 > 73 Tree N6TR

I suffered through a CQ WW DX CW contest from Jamaica
with a TS 570 (not a DG). The cw keying worked fine,
the rest of the rig was BAD NEWS. We brought it as a
backup, and had to use it after the TS 850 crapped
out. What a mistake that was!

GL with your MP!

73 Steve KN5H

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