[CQ-Contest] Kenwood TS-590S Contesting performance question

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

 From what I understand the 590 operates in a similar fashion to the 
K3.  Buy a K3 if you can afford it.  If not the 590 seems to be a good 
rig.  The question is will it allow you to hear or work stations that 
you otherwise could not?   Is the filtering better to remove qrm/qrn 
etc.  I don't believe there are any filter options for the 590 which I 
think was a mistake.  My K3 run rig has 200, 400, 1000 1.8 and 2.8 
filters.  The 2nd receiver has a 2.8 and 400.  My 2nd radio K3 has just 
the 2.7 and 400hz filters.

J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 CQ WW DX CW
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net


On 9/26/2011 3:18 PM, BRYON PAUL n0ah VEAL wrote:
> I have heard from a few contesters that the RX performance of the TS-590S is excellent for the money, and very comparable to radios in a higher $$$ class.  We have an Icom Pro IIII.  For low band CW DX and contesting, does anyone have an opinion which of these two different radios are better performers?  Especially for 80/160M.  Feel free to reply to n0ah at arrl.net.
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