Thanks for the reply and info. I'll look at those also.

David

"Steve" wrote in message
...
David,
The 520S is supposed to be the best one. For a few more bucks,
get a TS-820S. I've got one and I really like it. 160-10 with DC
or 110VAC built in. Variable speech processor, 6146 finals.

If you want the WARC bands, get a TS-830S. This rig has a
few more bells and whistles.

All of these rigs are basically the same. Very solid, reliable rigs with
excellent performance (IMO).

Steve W6SSP

David 01 wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the
520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other
differences?

Thanks!
David

A word of warning. Actually 2.

The coils in the bottom are a tinkerers delight and many radios have broken
cores. The coils are not available. The most tinkered with was the 10m coil.
If it is broken the rest of the coils will not align correctly.

Also the 2 relays used in it are NLA.

Other than that great radios. The SE was a 120v only version and didn't have
the fixed freq xtal positions. There are a couple of other differences but
they don't come to mind at the moment.


--
Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
816 W Shady Grove Rd
Irving, TX 75060

www.avvid.com

1-800-214-5779
972-870-0630 (local)


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the 520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other differences?

Thanks!
David

A word of warning. Actually 2.

The coils in the bottom are a tinkerers delight and many radios have broken
cores. The coils are not available. The most tinkered with was the 10m coil.
If it is broken the rest of the coils will not align correctly.

Also the 2 relays used in it are NLA.

Other than that great radios. The SE was a 120v only version and didn't have
the fixed freq xtal positions. There are a couple of other differences but
they don't come to mind at the moment.


--
Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
816 W Shady Grove Rd
Irving, TX 75060

www.avvid.com

1-800-214-5779
972-870-0630 (local)


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the 520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other differences?

Thanks!
David

yes, 820s also triple conversion I remember.

gus

Steve wrote:

David,
The 520S is supposed to be the best one. For a few more bucks,
get a TS-820S. I've got one and I really like it. 160-10 with DC
or 110VAC built in. Variable speech processor, 6146 finals.

If you want the WARC bands, get a TS-830S. This rig has a
few more bells and whistles.

All of these rigs are basically the same. Very solid, reliable rigs with
excellent performance (IMO).

Steve W6SSP

David 01 wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the 520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other differences?

Thanks!
David

yes, 820s also triple conversion I remember.

gus

Steve wrote:

David,
The 520S is supposed to be the best one. For a few more bucks,
get a TS-820S. I've got one and I really like it. 160-10 with DC
or 110VAC built in. Variable speech processor, 6146 finals.

If you want the WARC bands, get a TS-830S. This rig has a
few more bells and whistles.

All of these rigs are basically the same. Very solid, reliable rigs with
excellent performance (IMO).

Steve W6SSP

David 01 wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the 520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other differences?

Thanks!
David

A big thanks for the info.

David

"Clif Holland" wrote in message
...
A word of warning. Actually 2.

The coils in the bottom are a tinkerers delight and many radios have
broken
cores. The coils are not available. The most tinkered with was the 10m
coil.
If it is broken the rest of the coils will not align correctly.

Also the 2 relays used in it are NLA.

Other than that great radios. The SE was a 120v only version and didn't
have
the fixed freq xtal positions. There are a couple of other differences but
they don't come to mind at the moment.


--
Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
816 W Shady Grove Rd
Irving, TX 75060

www.avvid.com

1-800-214-5779
972-870-0630 (local)


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the
520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other
differences?

Thanks!
David

A big thanks for the info.

David

"Clif Holland" wrote in message
...
A word of warning. Actually 2.

The coils in the bottom are a tinkerers delight and many radios have
broken
cores. The coils are not available. The most tinkered with was the 10m
coil.
If it is broken the rest of the coils will not align correctly.

Also the 2 relays used in it are NLA.

Other than that great radios. The SE was a 120v only version and didn't
have
the fixed freq xtal positions. There are a couple of other differences but
they don't come to mind at the moment.


--
Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
816 W Shady Grove Rd
Irving, TX 75060

www.avvid.com

1-800-214-5779
972-870-0630 (local)


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the
520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other
differences?

Thanks!
David

I had a 520 SE (520 S Economy) for 14 years.

520 was 5 band and 120 vac or 12 vdc
520 S had 160 meters
520 SE had 160, did not have 12 volt.

It did not have the 12 volt input, so it did not need a heater switch. In
place of the heater switch was a wide / narrow switch to let you run the ssb
or cw filter when in the cw position. ( I rewired mine to allow either
filter in any mode, and used the cw filter for rtty). It did have four
fixed crystal postions, I put in two crystals for Packet Radio frequencies.

KA9CAR
John



"David 01" wrote in message
...
A big thanks for the info.

David

"Clif Holland" wrote in message
...
A word of warning. Actually 2.

The coils in the bottom are a tinkerers delight and many radios have
broken
cores. The coils are not available. The most tinkered with was the 10m
coil.
If it is broken the rest of the coils will not align correctly.

Also the 2 relays used in it are NLA.

Other than that great radios. The SE was a 120v only version and didn't
have
the fixed freq xtal positions. There are a couple of other differences
but
they don't come to mind at the moment.


--
Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
816 W Shady Grove Rd
Irving, TX 75060

www.avvid.com

1-800-214-5779
972-870-0630 (local)


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested
in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the
520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other
differences?

Thanks!
David

I had a 520 SE (520 S Economy) for 14 years.

520 was 5 band and 120 vac or 12 vdc
520 S had 160 meters
520 SE had 160, did not have 12 volt.

It did not have the 12 volt input, so it did not need a heater switch. In
place of the heater switch was a wide / narrow switch to let you run the ssb
or cw filter when in the cw position. ( I rewired mine to allow either
filter in any mode, and used the cw filter for rtty). It did have four
fixed crystal postions, I put in two crystals for Packet Radio frequencies.

KA9CAR
John



"David 01" wrote in message
...
A big thanks for the info.

David

"Clif Holland" wrote in message
...
A word of warning. Actually 2.

The coils in the bottom are a tinkerers delight and many radios have
broken
cores. The coils are not available. The most tinkered with was the 10m
coil.
If it is broken the rest of the coils will not align correctly.

Also the 2 relays used in it are NLA.

Other than that great radios. The SE was a 120v only version and didn't
have
the fixed freq xtal positions. There are a couple of other differences
but
they don't come to mind at the moment.


--
Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
816 W Shady Grove Rd
Irving, TX 75060

www.avvid.com

1-800-214-5779
972-870-0630 (local)


"David 01" wrote in message
...
I've seen some of these (only on the net) and have become interested
in
maybe purchasing one in the future.

My question is: which model is the best? Other than the fact that the
520
has no 160m band (I believe this is correct), what are other
differences?

Thanks!
David

I got the TS520S it works on Top Band but is restricted to 10 watts. If you
try to turn up the juice more than that,
it might burn the ceramic base, wire wound choke,
that sits in between the 2 B6146 valves
(well it did on mine) I tuned it for top band, wanged up the audio, and a
puff of smoke came out of the finals box.
I read the book, rewound the choke, and asked a few questions. I was advised
that the set was governed some how on top band, as there was a power
restriction on part of the band when the set was built. (Still is on parts)
Mine tunes up a treat on all other frequencies,
its just restricted on 160.