[WriteLog] Re: Kenwood TS570D

[Don Hill]

The question was asked and I forgot to mention, the TS570 is fully
computer controlled just like the '870 via a COM port with a DB9 connector
on the back of the radio.

That's another thing that made it so much more enjoyable to me is that
for the first time ever at this QTH I was able to have computer control on both
radios.

73, Don AA5AU

----- Original Message -----
From: Don Hill <aa5au@msn.com>
To: WriteLog Reflector <Writelog@contesting.com>; WF1B Reflector <wf1b-rtty@wf1b.com>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 8:41 PM
Subject: Kenwood TS570D


>
> Sorry for the bandwidth, but I wanted to express my opinion about
> the Kenwood TS570D as a RTTY contest radio since I used one for
> the first time this weekend.  W5ZE loaned it to me as a 2nd radio.
>
> I received the radio less than 2 hours before the contest.  Without
> ever having operated one before, I was able to install it very easily.
> Since I have owned now two TS870's I was somewhat experienced
> with how it might work as far as menu settings and FSK/PTT connections
> were concerned.
>
> The '570 I used had a 250 hz filter in it and I used that filter the entire contest
> period.  I was very impressed with the radio and it worked very well for
> me except for the fact that the filters are not as steep as what I am used
> to in the '870 and when a station came very near, the S-meter would
> jump up and the audio would go way down.
>
> The only other problem I had with it was that the audio was low coming
> out of the PHONES jack.  I always use receive audio out of the phones
> jack since it allows me to adjust the level.  For most of the contest I had
> the VOLUME control set 3/4 to almost full on.  There was no distortion of
> the audio at that range and I felt that was a good thing from the radio.
>
> I made over 700 QSO's with the '570 alone.
>
> For the price, the radio seems to be capable of being an excellent 2nd
> rig for RTTY contesting or even a primary rig for a beginner.   Hopefully
> AVVID can fix one of my TS-870's and I'll have dual TS-870's for JARTS.
> I'm looking forward to that.  But if my budget called for it, I'd buy a '570.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
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