"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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"Steve" wrote in message
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Hi Gang,
The junkfest season starts here next weekend, and I've been
thinking about searching for a newer, more capable low band rig.
My current rig is an old TS-820S which I am very pleased with.

Here are my requirements;

tube finals, 160-10 meter bands including the newfangled (!) WARC bands,
100 watts out, internal power supply

Would be nice, but not necessary;

12 VDC supply built in, general coverage receiver, 6 meter capability,
a Kenwood rig, AM

YOu left out the most important thing. How much money do you plan on
putting into the rig ?

While the tube finals are what you want, it may be time to rethink that to
the solid state finals as the tubes (inexpensive) and tube rigs are
getting
harder to come by. By now some of them are getting old enough that the
capacitors are starting to give problems.

Also the built in power supply seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird.
None of the current Kenwoods or Icoms come with a built in power supply. Of
the Yaesu models, only the FT-1000D has the power supply built in but this
radio is HF only.

If you want built in 6m capability as part of the radio, you need to look at
radios made in the last 5 to 10 years. The Kenwood TS-570S(G) but not the
TS-570D(G) covers HF+6m and is all mode. It does not have tube finals. It
does not have a built in power supply. The TS-2000 covers HF+6m+2m and is
all mode. Again it doesn't have tube finals and doesn't have a built in
power supply.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE