On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, William JOHNSON wrote:
> Performance-wise I get an S-9+ pulsing tone on 80
> and 20 that comes from the digital clock I think.
> Anyway I have sent it back to Tenn. and they say it is
> normal and unfixable.
I have a Model 544 and I have no S9 pulsing noise on either band. I *DO*
know that the display was re-engineered at least 3 times in its life.
I am not sure why.
Don't try to compare a 544 and it's beautifully layed out, easy to
work on, solid state, modular design against any of it Japanese
contemporaries! The TS-520 and 820 were still using tubes in 1977
fercryinoutloud. The IC-701 was one of the worse radios ever produced
(toss in the stort-lived TS-180, too), and Yaesu was happy making FT-101's
for the folks on ten and a half meters.
I suppose everyone had a dog radio, though... Ever use a Delta? :-)
I love TenTec stuff but I also own an FT-900at. So I'm not too bigoted.
73 =paul= w8kc :-)
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