[TenTec] Decision Made

[John Farler]

I had two friends, both good CW ops, that grabbed a couple of
the first TS-570S's out, and soon found that the CW operation
was less than good.  They seemed to send ill-formed characters
at random times, regardless of whether the internal or an
external keyer was used.  About drove both of them crazy, and
to listen, you would think they were making unusual mistakes
for someone using a keyer.

Anyhow, no recall, but Kenwood did work on the rigs for something
over $125 plus shipping, and at least one is still not happy with
the result.  Think they blamed it on timing problems with various
parts of the rig. 

I guess they may have cured it by now if others have the rig with
no keying problems.

K4AVX

>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:16:11 EST
>From: KD7EFQ at aol.com
>Subject: [TenTec] Decision Made
>To: tentec at contesting.com
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>Hmmm...I knew I was sticking my neck out a little here, so I'll stick it out 
>some more.
>My current albeit temporary rig is a Kenwood TS570S. I have no problems with 
>mic's not working, RF getting back into things, don't have to worry about 
>"Master Resets" even though it has a All Reset function, I've never had to use it. 
>Don't have to worry if the next download is going to be bug free or have many 
>bugs. No recalls on the 570S lately that I know of. Don't have to direct 
>ground the radio by grinding the paint off the bottom cover and driving the 
>grounding rod thru the center of the rig to get a proper ground (HI HI) and I have 
>probably one of the poorest antenna setups possible, a twin lead fed 80 m 
>doublet that I use on all bands with a tuner, many times at the 1500W legal limit 
>with NO problems whatsoever so far.
>
> As Eric SENSI said: It works each and every day with no glitches. When I see 
>Orion doing this the majority of the time, I'll try one. 
>
> 73, Todd - KT0DD - kd7efq at aol.com
>"The race is over...THE RATS WON !"
>