KENWOOD TS-990S HF/50MHz 200W Transceiver located in Idaho

Description: KENWOOD TS-990S HF/50MHz 200W Transceiver AC100V TS-990S | Amateur Radio | Communications | KENWOOD USA Owner review (Not me) As an owner of several Kenwood Amateur products (among other brands), in 2016 I purchased and reviewed the TS-990. Since I already had gained previous experience with Kenwood radios at that time, I only lightly studied the very large User Manual and quickly proceeded to put the new radio into service and to use it. The 990 provided good performance and no problems.In 2022 I began a total rebuild of my existing shack, and the 990 went into storage. The rebuild is now far enough completed that I was recently able to put the 990 back into service. As I again started to use it I found that I had memory lapses about some of its functions, and I made a commitment to study the User Manual in detail this time, to try to understand all of the built-in functions. As I studied it I learned an important lesson: there are significantly more capabilities that the radio possesses than I had either known about or had used previously. This has led to an important understanding about the design of the radio.I began to realize that the 990 is more than just a high end radio. It is also, entirely separately from its radio functions, a good (but not spectacular) general lab instrument for testing and measuring radio signals. As other reviews have demonstrated, it can certainly transmit and receive well but it also can independently measure and analyze signals to a degree that isn’t yet very common in today’s gear.Certainly the 990 will never be top-of-the-line in its lab measurements functions. Any dedicated-to-purpose HP or Agilent lab instrument would exceed the performance built into the 990. But with the Kenwood the instruments are already installed; one doesn’t need to purchase, calibrate, and then move separate instrumentation into an operating position. A measurement function is available at the push of one or several buttons on the front panel and it can be brought up for use in just seconds.And that is a considerable benefit to have available at one’s fingertips when trying to optimize transmitting, receiving, or audio streams during a QSO. The front panel of the 990 is well sourced with controls which can do many tasks for the operator. And the big TFT screen makes the measurements easily viewable.Nevertheless there has been a significant change in the 990's status during the past seven years: the introduction of the TS-890 transceiver. The 890, in basic concept, is essentially the same design as the 990, minus the second on-board receiver, the on-board 120 vac power supply, and the 200 watt P. A. And with a lower purchase price.The 990 is clearly intended for the very experienced and advanced operator, who lives in the demanding world of contesting and DXing.The TS-990 will have a “forever” location in my shack, ●Standard power supply voltage: AC 100 V (50/60 Hz)●Power supply voltage range: AC 90 V to 132 V / 180 V to 264 V●Maximum power consumption during transmission: 720 VA or less●Power consumption when receiving (no signal): 120 VA or less●Operating temperature range: 0℃~+50℃ ●Rated transmission output CW/SSB/FSK/PSK/FM (AM): 200 W (50 W)●Modulation method: SSB: Balanced modulation, AM: Low power modulation, FM: Reactance modulation . TS-990S | Amateur Radio | Communications | KENWOOD USA

Price: 5725 USD

Location: McCammon, Idaho

End Time: 2024-11-17T00:11:12.000Z

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