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big boy now December 3rd 04 05:08 PM

Kenwood R5000 Filter advice
 
i have a Kenwood R5000 i know this unit has the VHF converter fitted.
i think this has had extra filters fitted my reason fir thinking this is the
case is as follows...
on the receiver there is a five position selectivity switch. in the manual
there is a print of the receiver and on this switch the writing next to each
position reads position 1 = auto
" 2 = N
" 3 = M1
" 4 = M2
" 5 = W

somebody has added more numbers next to each position and they now read
Position 1 = auto
" 2 = N 500 has been
added
" 3 = M1 1.8 has been
added
" 4 = M2 2.4 has been
added
" 5 = W 6.0 has been
added

does this mean that the extra filters have been added to this R5000
is there any other way i can tell what filters have been fitted
to this receiver......were are the filters mounted internally in this
receiver

Hope somebody can advise me......





dxAce December 3rd 04 06:24 PM



big boy now wrote:

i have a Kenwood R5000 i know this unit has the VHF converter fitted.
i think this has had extra filters fitted my reason fir thinking this is the
case is as follows...
on the receiver there is a five position selectivity switch. in the manual
there is a print of the receiver and on this switch the writing next to each
position reads position 1 = auto
" 2 = N
" 3 = M1
" 4 = M2
" 5 = W

somebody has added more numbers next to each position and they now read
Position 1 = auto
" 2 = N 500 has been
added
" 3 = M1 1.8 has been
added
" 4 = M2 2.4 has been
added
" 5 = W 6.0 has been
added

does this mean that the extra filters have been added to this R5000
is there any other way i can tell what filters have been fitted
to this receiver......were are the filters mounted internally in this
receiver


Under the cover! It looks like they have been added, however, they may have also
been removed.

The manual should show you where they are.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



big boy now December 3rd 04 09:16 PM

the filters are there large silver filters i can see it on the main board
when the cover is removed......
and also when i use various modes and turn the selectivity switch the tone
changes. in the manual it says that the following filters are fitted YK-88C
and YK-88SN...these various setting are for usb / lsb / cw / fsk / am / and
fm is fixed at 12hz.
i am looking to sell this receiver its in 100%working order.
the condition is ok has a few marks nothing serious....
serious offers taken on this receiver..

THANKS



"dxAce" wrote in message
...


big boy now wrote:

i have a Kenwood R5000 i know this unit has the VHF converter fitted.
i think this has had extra filters fitted my reason fir thinking this is
the
case is as follows...
on the receiver there is a five position selectivity switch. in the
manual
there is a print of the receiver and on this switch the writing next to
each
position reads position 1 = auto
" 2 = N
" 3 = M1
" 4 = M2
" 5 = W

somebody has added more numbers next to each position and they now read
Position 1 = auto
" 2 = N 500 has been
added
" 3 = M1 1.8 has
been
added
" 4 = M2 2.4 has
been
added
" 5 = W 6.0 has
been
added

does this mean that the extra filters have been added to this R5000
is there any other way i can tell what filters have been fitted
to this receiver......were are the filters mounted internally in this
receiver


Under the cover! It looks like they have been added, however, they may
have also
been removed.

The manual should show you where they are.

dxAce
Michigan
USA





dxAce December 3rd 04 09:26 PM



big boy now wrote:

the filters are there large silver filters i can see it on the main board
when the cover is removed......
and also when i use various modes and turn the selectivity switch the tone
changes. in the manual it says that the following filters are fitted YK-88C
and YK-88SN...these various setting are for usb / lsb / cw / fsk / am / and
fm is fixed at 12hz.
i am looking to sell this receiver its in 100%working order.
the condition is ok has a few marks nothing serious....
serious offers taken on this receiver..


The YK-88C is the 500 Hz CW filter, and the YK-88SN is the 1.8 kHz filter, the
2.4 kHz and the 6 kHz were standard equipment in the radio as I recall.

The 5000 is a pretty nice sounding radio. I had one for several years.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



dxAce December 3rd 04 09:37 PM



dxAce wrote:

big boy now wrote:

the filters are there large silver filters i can see it on the main board
when the cover is removed......
and also when i use various modes and turn the selectivity switch the tone
changes. in the manual it says that the following filters are fitted YK-88C
and YK-88SN...these various setting are for usb / lsb / cw / fsk / am / and
fm is fixed at 12hz.
i am looking to sell this receiver its in 100%working order.
the condition is ok has a few marks nothing serious....
serious offers taken on this receiver..


The YK-88C is the 500 Hz CW filter, and the YK-88SN is the 1.8 kHz filter, the
2.4 kHz and the 6 kHz were standard equipment in the radio as I recall.

The 5000 is a pretty nice sounding radio. I had one for several years.


As an additional thought, what I did when I got the radio was to swap out the
stock 6 kHz filter for a better aftermarket one that had better skirt selectivity.
The original is just a bit broad at 60 dB down. Cleaned things up quite nicely.



dxAce
Michigan
USA



RHF December 3rd 04 10:17 PM

= = = "big boy now" wrote in message
= = = . uk...
i have a Kenwood R5000 i know this unit has the VHF converter fitted.
i think this has had extra filters fitted my reason fir thinking this is the
case is as follows...
on the receiver there is a five position selectivity switch. in the manual
there is a print of the receiver and on this switch the writing next to each
position reads position 1 = auto
" 2 = N
" 3 = M1
" 4 = M2
" 5 = W

somebody has added more numbers next to each position and they now read
Position 1 = auto
" 2 = N 500 has been
added
" 3 = M1 1.8 has been
added
" 4 = M2 2.4 has been
added
" 5 = W 6.0 has been
added

does this mean that the extra filters have been added to this R5000
is there any other way i can tell what filters have been fitted
to this receiver......were are the filters mounted internally in this
receiver

Hope somebody can advise me......



BBN,

You would have to take the Lid 'off' the Top and take a Look-See
to know what is presently in-side-the-box.

Check-Out the "Kenwood R-5000 Communications Receiver" eGroup on YAHOO !
Kenwood-R-5000= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenwood-r5000/

~ RHF
..
..

big boy now December 3rd 04 10:19 PM

dxAce
i have a few receivers hear i use my newest is a new version of
the AOR AR5000A+3 i also have the matching SDU5600 FFT Display unit.....this
takes pride of place in my radio room..... i also have the Kenwood R5000.
i also have an icom IC-R7000. i had two IC-R7000 ,s but i sold one of them a
couple of weeks ago for £280..
the IC-R7000 still fetch a very good price...
i am not sure was there two versions of the IC-R7000 as the one i still
have. the writing were it says ICOM IC-R7000 communications receiver the
writing is smaller on this one than it was on the other one i sold....do you
think this could be a later model......
i have a few other receivers i have collected over the years but not sure
exactly what they are its years since i had them out they are well stored to
protect them.....i will get them out one day when i have time spare....

Thanks. John
London Heathrow
United Kingdom


"dxAce" wrote in message
...


big boy now wrote:

the filters are there large silver filters i can see it on the main board
when the cover is removed......
and also when i use various modes and turn the selectivity switch the
tone
changes. in the manual it says that the following filters are fitted
YK-88C
and YK-88SN...these various setting are for usb / lsb / cw / fsk / am /
and
fm is fixed at 12hz.
i am looking to sell this receiver its in 100%working order.
the condition is ok has a few marks nothing serious....
serious offers taken on this receiver..


The YK-88C is the 500 Hz CW filter, and the YK-88SN is the 1.8 kHz filter,
the
2.4 kHz and the 6 kHz were standard equipment in the radio as I recall.

The 5000 is a pretty nice sounding radio. I had one for several years.

dxAce
Michigan
USA





dxAce December 3rd 04 10:27 PM



big boy now wrote:

dxAce
i have a few receivers hear i use my newest is a new version of
the AOR AR5000A+3 i also have the matching SDU5600 FFT Display unit.....this
takes pride of place in my radio room..... i also have the Kenwood R5000.
i also have an icom IC-R7000. i had two IC-R7000 ,s but i sold one of them a
couple of weeks ago for £280..
the IC-R7000 still fetch a very good price...
i am not sure was there two versions of the IC-R7000 as the one i still
have. the writing were it says ICOM IC-R7000 communications receiver the
writing is smaller on this one than it was on the other one i sold....do you
think this could be a later model......
i have a few other receivers i have collected over the years but not sure
exactly what they are its years since i had them out they are well stored to
protect them.....i will get them out one day when i have time spare....


I don't know about the '7000 issue. You might want to try a check on
rec.radio.swap or perhaps contact Universal Radio, Fred Osterman might be able
to answer that question for you as to which one is the later model.

That spectrum display unit sounds nice, would be especially useful for utility
monitoring.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Brian Denley December 4th 04 02:57 AM

dxAce wrote:

As an additional thought, what I did when I got the radio was to swap
out the stock 6 kHz filter for a better aftermarket one that had
better skirt selectivity. The original is just a bit broad at 60 dB
down. Cleaned things up quite nicely.


Kenwood had an improved 6 Hz filter available right from the start (YK88A1)
and many buyers of the receiver upgraded to this filter at the time of
purchase. My 'stock' (poor) 6KHz am filter still sits in the box that the
good YK88A1 came packaged in. I don't know why I save it as it was awful.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html



Chuck Yarbrough December 6th 04 05:24 AM

John--How much are you asking for the R5000 with its options?

Tnx.
Chuck

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:16:50 GMT, "big boy now"
wrote:

the filters are there large silver filters i can see it on the main board
when the cover is removed......
and also when i use various modes and turn the selectivity switch the tone
changes. in the manual it says that the following filters are fitted YK-88C
and YK-88SN...these various setting are for usb / lsb / cw / fsk / am / and
fm is fixed at 12hz.
i am looking to sell this receiver its in 100%working order.
the condition is ok has a few marks nothing serious....
serious offers taken on this receiver..

THANKS



"dxAce" wrote in message
...


big boy now wrote:

i have a Kenwood R5000 i know this unit has the VHF converter fitted.
i think this has had extra filters fitted my reason fir thinking this is
the
case is as follows...
on the receiver there is a five position selectivity switch. in the
manual
there is a print of the receiver and on this switch the writing next to
each
position reads position 1 = auto
" 2 = N
" 3 = M1
" 4 = M2
" 5 = W

somebody has added more numbers next to each position and they now read
Position 1 = auto
" 2 = N 500 has been
added
" 3 = M1 1.8 has
been
added
" 4 = M2 2.4 has
been
added
" 5 = W 6.0 has
been
added

does this mean that the extra filters have been added to this R5000
is there any other way i can tell what filters have been fitted
to this receiver......were are the filters mounted internally in this
receiver


Under the cover! It looks like they have been added, however, they may
have also
been removed.

The manual should show you where they are.

dxAce
Michigan
USA






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