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Reviews For: Kenwood TS-890S

Category: Transceivers: HF Amateur HF+6M+VHF+UHF models - non QRP <5W

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Review Summary For : Kenwood TS-890S
	Reviews: 82	MSRP: 4200 USD
	Description: Kenwood FLAGSHIP TS-890S has arrived. Kenwood sets a new performance and operating standard for the ultimate Amateur Transceiver. Advanced KENWOOD technologies deliver a Top-End receive and transmit experience on Amateur Bands 160 M to 6 M. 3rd order IMD ... 110 dB, RMDR ... 112 dB, Blocking DR ... 150 dB. Free software for Full remote/VOIP without a PC, Code/DecodeCW,PSK, RTTY. At your fingertips...
	Product is in production
More Info: http://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/amateur/ts-890s/
# last 180 days	Avg. Rating last 180 days	Total reviews	Avg. overall rating
7	5	82	5

S58DX	Rating:	2023-11-18
Excellent transceiver			Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I was looking to buy it, since it comes in 2018..I bought it in March 2021. Price was steep. Very , low noise, stunning selectivity with CW roofing 270 HZ, with APF, a joy to use...I have configured 3 selectivities, 500Hz, 300Hz, 150Hz in cw mode... As to the NEGATIVE review, both, 0 comes from VE3NYZ and VE3QAC who lives on same adress.. I call upon the moderator to delete such postings, as scam..Nermin S58DX

2E0IIK	Rating:	2023-11-07
Brilliant			Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Apologies to admin, my review was posted in the wrong place. Regards Nick

WW4Q	Rating:	2023-10-16
Excellent			Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Excellent Radio. I've been a HAM since 1988 and it is the best radio I ever had. My last radio was the TS-940SAT and the TS-890S is clearly superior. I've also had the IC-756PROIII, IC-751, TS-950SD, TS-440SAT, TS-2000 and the FT-757. Great work Kenwood!!!!!

W2NBC	Rating:	2023-08-21
It's all about OUR impression of "Build Quality."			Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
AS of 2023, with the current crop of "high-tech" transceivers, the actual performance of the various offerings from the "BIG 3" Asian manufacturers, Anan, and the US-made (Flex) radios is "subjective" at best! Sherwood "receiver tests" and online-experts blur the REAL impression we get after opening the BOX and tuning that VFO knob on your NEW radio! Here's the deal: The Kenwood TS-890S is a quality-build. -EXCELLENT AUDIO- (in and out) Enjoy!

14AA111	Rating:	2023-08-16
wouah quelle claque!!!!!			Time Owned: more than 12 months.
bonjour a tous, j'ai acheté mon ts-890 en fevrier 2022, j'ai deja posté un avis sur le kenwood ts-870, et le ts-890 est bien au dessus ( je parle ici de la reception ). Certains diront que j'exagere, je les invite a venir l'essayer au qra, c'est tout simplement magique, comparé sur la meme table avec un ic-7800 et ftdx-9000d, helas il n'y avais pas le 990s, mais le 890 a été tout simplement royal face a ces deux excellents emetteurs. sensibilité , selectivité tres resistant aux signaux forts et la bf a faire palir n'importe quel poste, mon avis meilleurs emetteur recepteur toutes marques confondues a l'heure actuelle. 73

W4BSS	Rating:	2023-08-14
Outstanding Rig!			Time Owned: more than 12 months.
UPDATE! ----8/14/2023--- It's been almost 5 years into owning my TS-890. Mine is a late 2018 build. I still love this rig and I can't find a single fault with it. This is my main rig so I use it in just about every mode possible on all of the bands and I've never had one failure. It is PC connected and also LAN connected for doing remote HF work. I use my 890 to it's full capabilities and it works like a champ! I'll do another review update in 10 years! 73, W4BSS ----11/8/2020---- After owning many HF rigs over the years and a few of the SDR platforms, I must say the TS-890 is one outstanding radio. The TX audio is typical smooth Kenwood quality and the receiver is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. If you don't believe me then go look at Rob Sherwood's performance tests. They speak for themselves and are respected world wide. I am very satisfied with my TS-890! 73, W4BSS

KC8HXO	Rating:	2023-08-13
Solidly top tier			Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Cannot think of anything to improve upon, really.....I do not use digital noise reduction on my rigs. Noise blankers work here. Beat cancels work great for knocking down heterodynes. Maybe they'll add a second RX, and bring it out as the TS-895??? The 2nd RX could be Direct Conversion only.... that would be great. I use an Airspy HF+ currently for additional receivers.

W3IRE	Rating:	2023-04-05
Fantastic Radio with 1 little drawback			Time Owned: more than 12 months.
This is about the best radio I've ever owned and I've had many in this hobby. Very easy to operate and sounds great on TX and RX. I really can't complain about anything on this radio but one little thing. The power cord is too short. I like to keep my power supplys on the far left of my L-shaped desk and my radios on the right side in front of me. All my other radios (7300,991A, my mobile rigs) all came with power cords at 10 feet in length. The 890 cord is only 6 ft in length. I would think for what this thing cost me, Kenwood would have given me a longer power cord instead they cheaped out on the cord. Anyway just my little rant. The radio is great

W2LEW	Rating:	2023-02-15
Fantastic Radio			Time Owned: more than 12 months.
My Kenwood TS890 is my Primary rig. I also have a Yaesu FTDX101D but find myself using the Kenwood more often. One of the features that I like is it's ability to limit the RF power on any band from the front panel. I run a solid state Acom amp, and only need 20W to drive it to full power. The receiver is excellent and with the MC90 desk Mic audio reports are always FB. Run my call to see the Station setup. 73........Lew

KB5IOC	Rating:	2023-02-14
The cats meow			Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I have spent several days now revisiting my xiegu G 90 and X6100. The G 90 is a big step up from the X 6100 however when I finally decided that I had revisited my two smaller radios I went back to my trusty TS-890S Kenwood tonight. My goodness, it’s like coming from outside in a blizzard of sleet and rain and freezing ice wearing nothing but your swimming trunks and then walking into one of the finest ritzy hotels in the world, wearing a tuxedo being waited on hand and foot and eating delicious meals. Listening to beautiful classic music and drinking good champagne with a beautiful woman. That’s what this Kenwood is like. It’s something dreams are made of. Every since I went into Ham Radio listening to all the radios and sweating for years and nights and days and months about how can you get something that sounds good. Well I have found it. This Kenwood is the cats meow.

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