I am a fancier of the TS-830S transceiver and am searching for some
historical facts..Anyone know how many were produced,Or,first and last
serial numbers..I think they were first produced in August ,1980 and
last advertised about July of 82 looks like about Two years of
production ..Thanks Harold W4PQW

Has to be longer than that, I pruchase the TS-530S (the TS-830S was
readily
avaialble) in the fall of 1983.

w9gb

Got curious myself since I liked mine so much. Found this web page from SK
that says "introduced in 1977"
http://w4ti.net/ts-830.html

On the TS-520_820_530_830 Yahoo Group a Kenwood tech was quoted "about
1979 - 1981". I thought I had a Ham Radio magazine from 1983 with the Gold
model but I can't find it now. Others swear it was available as late as
1987. Please share on any info.

I got mine in 93' after another gent suffered Field Day trauma from a newbie
operator. One of the 6146b tubes actually had a sucked-in envelope! I
bought it for $250 with the VFO-230 thrown in. All it needed was a 12BY6
and replacement shaft coupler for the band switch, made from drilled Teflon
rod tapped for set screws. I used this radio for the next several years
with the same finals at full output (120 WPEP) in CW/SSB and even in RTTY
service with the mic gain reduced for 70 Watts out.

I sold it 2 years ago anticipating a move. I kick myself now.