Wake Up, Kenwood!

[Riverman]

I love my Yaesu FTDX-3000D. Absolutely love it.
And the Icom 7300 is still kicking butt in sales. A LOT of radio for less than $1000.

Why isn’t Kenwood paying attention?

Their TS-590SG is a great radio. I had one. Thought I’d never change. Saw no need to. It did everything well. And looked great. BUT, I kept watching videos of radios with scopes and thought how nice it must be to see where the activity is on any given band in real time. So I finally relented and made a change.

To get a Kenwood with a built-in spectrum scope/waterfall, one has to pay over $3000 and get the 890S.

I’ve never worked in marketing or sales, but . . .

 

[Blackcat630]

I'm still waiting to see if/when Kenwood will offer a vhf/uhf all mode rig to replace the TS 2000. I would like to see an offering from them to compete with the 9700.

 

[Riverman]

I'm still waiting to see if/when Kenwood will offer a vhf/uhf all mode rig to replace the TS 2000. I would like to see an offering from them to compete with the 9700.

Yep. Time to step up to the plate.

 

[Mudfoot]

Yep. Time to step up to the plate.

Hook an SDR to the 590, just as good. It's even easier with the SG. I balked at scopes, but not now. Be hard to use one without. I believe my 7610 is a forever keeper. I definitely would like to see another all mode from Kenwood. I like my 590, but the NB is crap.