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Kenwood Hybrids repair...KD7DNY...by Walter Dilley
Product is not in production
More Info: https://kd7dny.com/hybrids/
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N5XJT Rating: 2020-10-24
Excellent Service! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Purchased a RF Board and various parts from Walter for my TS-530. Quality and assembly was outstanding and Walter updated and refurbished the board to perfection. Everything worked perfectly. Later purchased a set of new alignment wands from Walter, same result, great product. A really outstanding source of parts and service, I recommend Walter Dilley highly.
WX7Q Rating: 2020-05-14
Excellent.Got my 1st radio back-like it was brand new & more. Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I sent my Kenwood TS-520 off to to Walter Dilley...KD7DNY to get the "once over" on the advice of Terry Wagoner K9TW. Terry was extremely busy and had many radios in the queue. I wondered, who am I sending my 1st radio to, which I purchased back in the 80's? I had been off the air for a long time.

From his website..."I purchased the inventory of parts from Bob Mansker, KE5FTF, in mid-July, 2015. This inventory covers the TS-520, TS-530, TS-820, TS-830 series of Kenwood Hybrid HF transceivers.

Walter goes on to say, "My first job as an engineer was to help design and build a synthetic-aperture RADAR ground-based display system for the SR-71. That was a fun job!

So I am thinking, if Walter can work on the SR-71...He is probably OK to work on my TS-520.

Walter is VERY busy. He has VERY famous UNCLE SAM...that keeps calling him back to work.

Sent the rig off to Arizona... Came back like it was off the showroom shelf. He gave it the works treatment.

He added the ability to use the digital Frequency readout.
( Picked one up off E-Bay) He says he is going to consider building his own Digital Frequency readout in the future)
Walter did a fantastic job. Kept me informed along the way. Sent a final PDF report was very detailed. I am very happy. I now own two great Kenwood radios (TS-520 and TS-830S) both restored to greatness.

I highly recommend Walter Dilley KD7DNY.

WX7Q
Jim