On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:07:53 GMT, Bob Miller
wrote:

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:12:22 GMT, Justin Case
wrote:


The new Kenwood 480-series transceivers are getting pretty nice
reviews on eHam.net. Good review in QST, too. Sorta ugly, but I'm
tempted, myself.

bob
k5qwg


The AM selectivity is terrible onthe 480x.

-6db at 5 kHz
-60db at 40 kHz!

That is going to suck when you tune to listen to shortwave broadcast

...and it is ugly.

Light blue letters on a black back ground is easier on the eyes than
black letters on an orange back ground.