That's a whole lotta buttons and knobs!

[DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL]

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[Grant Youngman-2]

When I was 12 in 1957, trying to decide what receiver I wanted, that’s how I evaluated them — count the controls and switches.  The more of those, clearly, the better the radio :-). :-)

Grant NQ5T

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[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

IMHO, both the RIT/XIT knob and RIT clear button in the Kenwood ST-995sdr
image are poorly located.  I wouldn't recommend this radio for "big gun
contesting" unless they offered an outboard RIT knob with an RIT clear
button, like the Elecraft K-POD, or the old Ekletech outboard tuning knob
(made by K9SD).  Perhaps it was designed primarily for military use?

However, I do like the concentric knobs in the Kenwood.  Concentric optical
encoders are (or were) quite expensive, which is why the K4 doesn't have
any.  The only concentric knob on the K4 is the AF and SUB AF gain knob,
which is a POT.

I expect this new Kenwood transceiver will generate sticker shock when the
price is finally announced, similar to the Icom IC-7851.

73,
Bob, N6TV

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[Logan Zintsmaster]

Me, too, in 1961.  Same logic.

Regarding the Kenwood -  OMG  It must be something special, the case is not black!

Logan, KE7AZ

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When I was 12 in 1957, trying to decide what receiver I wanted, that’s how I evaluated them — count the controls and switches.  The more of those, clearly, the better the radio :-). :-)

Grant NQ5T

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[David Gilbert-2]

When I first started working in the semiconductor business in the
mid-70's, companies in Asia would buy our unmarked test rejects to stuff
them into transistor radios to fluff up the transistor count. Lot's of
"12-transistor radios" back then had a lot fewer devices that actually
did anything circuit-wise.

73,
Dave  AB7E



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[Wes Stewart-2]

Russian fake news.

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Someone is playing games! ;-)) Don't believe everything you see on the net.
Bert VE3NR


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* On 2020 31 Jul 15:54 -0500, Wes wrote:
> Russian fake news.

That's kind of my thought.  "ST-9xxx"?  Huh?  All Kenwood HF
transceivers sold in the US since the early '70s have had a "TS-"
prefix.  I don't see Kenwood changing that designation.

Has there been a brushed aluminum front Kenwood radio offered since
their first dual-bander in the mid-'80s?  I don't even thing the home
entertainment line is available in anything but black.

I tend to agree that this is an "artists conception".

73, Nate, N0NB

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My isp is blocking that link….. beware!!

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[k6dgw]

INT QKK: How many knobs does your radio have?
QKK18: My radio has 18 knobs.

INT QKU: How many of those do you know how to use?
QKU4: I know how to use 4 of them.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
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Washoe County

On 7/31/2020 1:07 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
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[Tommy]

  It looks like it's a piece of test equipment. Reminds me a little bit
of Tektronix gear.

Tom - KB2SMS


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[N4ZR]

But it's a deft fake - if it weren't for the ST on the front, I would
probably have thought it was a typo

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> Someone is playing games! ;-)) Don't believe everything you see on the
> net.
> Bert VE3NR
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[Barry]

Remember the early days of transistor radios and how they advertised the
number of transistors on the case? The more the better!  Turns out some of
those with big numbers had transistors not connected to anything.

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