The Kenwood 590 is considered to be a mid-range rig. It goes for around $1800 as I recall, which is less than half of what the Icom 7600, 7700, and 7800 begin at. The 590 is also way less expensive than the upper-end Yaesu transceivers, such as the 5000 and 9000 series. Rumor has it that Kenwood will announce a new high-end rig at Dayton, which many hams are very anxious to see and get their hands on. Our beloved hobby has gotten very expensive with all of the microprocessor controls and other wizardry that all of this equipment is made of. On the other hand, you can now sit in your tiny apartment in downtown L.A. and operate your top-of-the-line HF station located on the top of a peak in the Alps from your notebook.
HTH 73 Alan R. Downing Phoenix, AZ -----Original Message----- From: Johnson, Patrick [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: flex radio How about the Kenwood TS590? Is that not considered a high end rig? For it's price I'd think it is, but am curious as to what others think. 73 Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan R. Downing" <[email protected]> To: "'Robert C'" <[email protected]>; "'Jim Johnson'" <[email protected]>; "'Curtis Delzer'" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:41 PM Subject: RE: flex radio > Historically Kenwood has been the most blind-ham-friendly radios due to > their more comprehensive voice chips. The problem is that Kenwood hasn't > offered a high-end radio in years. They aren't apparently interested in > competing in the high-end market against Yaesu and Icom. The 950SDX was > the > last top-of-the-line Kenwood, and that has been out of production for many > years now. > > 73 > > > > Alan R. Downing > Phoenix, AZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert C [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:35 PM > To: Alan R. Downing; 'Jim Johnson'; 'Curtis Delzer' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: flex radio > > Look at the Kenwood radios. Some if not all of their models can be > fitted with a voice chip which speaks pretty mcuh all of the radio's > functions. > > Quote of the nanosecond... > A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live. > --Bob Hope > Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn > E-mail- > [email protected] > Home Page- > http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan R. Downing" <[email protected]> > To: "'Jim Johnson'" <[email protected]>; "'Curtis Delzer'" > <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2:39 PM > Subject: RE: flex radio > > >> According to everyone that I have spoken with that use the Flex line of >> rigs, as well as to the factory itself, none of the radios are accessible >> to >> blind operators. Nothing whatsoever can be controlled other than by the >> graphical interface. You can't even change frequency, band, volume, or >> anything else if you can't see the screen. The radios themselves have no >> "regular" controls of any kind. >> >> >> >> Blind hams have no choice other than to scratch Flex radios off of their >> wish lists. I was prepared to buy a Flex 5000, but was told I might as >> well >> throw it in the trash when it arrives. >> >> >> >> 73 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Alan R. Downing >> >> Phoenix, AZ >> >> >> >> From: Jim Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:41 PM >> To: Curtis Delzer >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: flex radio >> >> >> >> flex radio is a amateur radio tranceiver which has to display and all of >> the >> controls as a software package on your computer instead of hardware >> controls >> like knobs and buttons. the other part of the radio is the rf transmit >> and >> receive which is hardware. I don't know that this package would be very >> accessable but not sure. I have never seen it, just read about it. >> >> Jim Johnson >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Curtis Delzer <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> To: John W. Carty <mailto:[email protected]> ; 'gw-info (List)' >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:51 PM >> >> Subject: Re: flex radio >> >> >> >> What does this flex radio software do? >> >> At Tuesday 1/4/2011 10:45 AM, John W. Carty wrote: >> >> >> >> For any ham radio operators out there using WE, has anyone attempted to >> use >> WE with the software defined radio called flex radio? >> >> The package is pretty spendy but if the interface is really accessible I >> might give it a try. But I'd like to avoid wasting my money. >> >> John, Kf5dcg >> >> >> >> >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >> only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is >> related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >> [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >> manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. 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