In Channel Jumper
wrote:

And I am not aware of any supplier that would just
take the one back - USED and replace it with another new transceiver of
a different manufacturer.

On the other hand, Ten-Tec has a 30-day return policy for new gear (they
only sell direct).

http://www.tentec.com/pages/Return-Policies.html

--
Bert Hyman W0RSB St. Paul, MN

Well Burt - this persons budget is not 3300 + dollars, it is $1800 or less - or he would not be asking about which type of radio is best!
Come on now - he could buy both transceivers for less money then the TEN TECH ORION OR A ELECRAFT K3 - WHICH IS TWO OF THE TRANSCEIVERS THAT COMES TO MIND WHICH ARE RATED HIGHER THEN THE KENWOOD TS 590S AND EVEN THEN - ONLY BECAUSE OF THE OPTIONS WHICH CAN BE ADDED TO EITHER TRANSCEIVER WHICH MAKES THEM MORE EXPENSIVE THEN THE BASE PRICE AND TWICE TO THREE TIMES AS EXPENSIVE AS THE KENWOOD.

We got to compare apples to apples here.
Why not buy a Drake Line?
They were only made 40 years ago - and people are still comparing their transceivers to them today?

The problem with people is that they want everything handed to them and they do not want to do even the bare mininum amount of work and they want a iron clad guarentee that what you tell them is going to be 100% accurate with every transceiver that goes down the line.

Just as I said before about the people here who bought the Icom 746 Pro - because it did two meters and HF with 100 watts - not every transceiver had the burned out bulb problem and not every receiver was 100% perfect when it left the factory.

I like Chevrolets and you like Fords and someone else likes a Hyundai - which person has the right answer when you ask which new car should I buy?
No one - the only answer they can give to you is the data relating to known problems for that model and year of automobile. Their own experience with the personal vehicle they drove and 2nd hand advice from people who they know that owns or owned one and the problems they had to deal with.

One person might only drive it to church on Sundays - 15 miles an hour, while the other person got 3rd at Darlington with the same vehicle...
Reminds me of the story of the one lady who drove the family sedan in a Nascar race. She came home walking because she drove it into the wall.
When her husband asked her where the family car was - she said oh that old piece of junk. It laid down on me and died and I had to leave it in Daytona Florida.
I think her name was Louise Smith - and her picture was on the front page of their local newspaper - along with a picture of the crash.
She had some splaining to do as Darrell Waltrip would say!

Buy a Ten Tec - go ahead, see if I care.
But if you use it long enough - you will find out that it is a piece of junk - because the knobs on the front are so flimsy - they quickly wear out and then you are left with a $3300.00 + transceiver that doesn't work!

Ask me how I know.
Do you want pictures of the one sitting beside my desk?
It's not even hooked up.
Do you want to buy it?

You better come up with a better answer then the Ten Tec - at least if you want your answer to have any validity.
Its a real good transceiver when it works!