| EX_AA5JG |
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2007-11-03 | |
| I agree, the best |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
I agree with the previous review that this is one of the best radios out there. Excellent receiver, the best noise blanker I have seen, excellent sounding audio, nice layout of features, and it does dual receive. This is a big radio, but if you have the room for it, you can't go wrong.
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| G0TIY |
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2007-11-03 | |
| Just the Best |
Time Owned: N.A. |
I have owned this fantastic radio almost nine years
and i think it is the best radio i have ever owned.
previous radios icom 781 (fantastic)icom pro11 yaesu 1000mp & mk5.Ten tec Orion ic706mk2g ts50 ts850/dsp100 (excellent)yaesu767gx. My current radios TS950SDX
TS870 TS2000. The 950sdx has one of the best receivers that i ever heard, the versatility is just fantastic.
combination of analog and DSP filtering ,makes this
a masterpiece of engineering it was light years ahead of anything in 1993 and still holds its own today. i know its old technology but from what i have experienced with some of the new rigs you can keep em? I am waiting
for the day Kenwood bring out a new HF radio maybe the TS970SDX we can all live in hope. Regards
John G0TIY
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| W0BNE |
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2007-08-12 | |
| Still the Best!! |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
| I've had my 950SDX for about 10 years now, there is nothing on the market today that can beat it! I've had many, many HF rigs (1000D, 830S, 870S) just to mention a few, and have sat and played wtih the newer Pro series and FT series rigs, still nothing beats the 950..hands down! If you have one, keep it, if you don't and get a chance to get one, do it! |
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| M3-FJU |
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2007-08-12 | |
| THE KING OF KENWOODS |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
| well after selling my sdx (i must have been mad), and getting the black 2k to use for base/mobile/port. it took me around 30 secs, to see what i had done was wrong wrong wrong,i put a review on here about the 2k, and a fair one at that, 3/5, so there i am missing my sdx when i get a call from the new keeper, who said would i like the sdx back, as he needed to get something eles, happy days are here again,iv had it back for 1 day, and let me tell you frist if you have one dont sell it, you will only miss it, the sdx is the best all round hf radio made to date, iv only been into radio for 4 years, but in that time iv had and worked a lot of hf stuff trying to find the best radio for me, and stand by me you wont get better than this,you cant put this radio up to the newer kenwood, the new kenwoods dont come close on rx, maybe the 870 has it on audio out,but its to close to call,as for the new radios out, you can keep them, when i picked the sdx up yesterday, i was sitting in the shack at the fromer keeper qth, looking at his icomm 7800,ft-2000,and his icom 781, when he said have a play, so off we went and started to run the new stuff against the sdx,nothing could beet the sdx, dont get me wrong, it wasent worst but it wasent better,the dsp only radios are to muddy the rx,the 781 was as good in my view but for me the sdx is still king of the hill, to me you cant beat the rx on this radio, the 150 watts output dosent concren me as i like to run as qrp as poss, the audio out is great, well it would be, its kenwood, the front pannel is great to use, and it works as it should, a vey simple menu gets you into the dsp etc, ,the ssb slope tune is one of the best bits as well as the notch, compar this to the 2k, the notch is crap, theres no ssb slope tune,ok the sdx could be a bit better with the sub band etc,but as an hf only radio in my view this wipes the floor of any other radio i have had or used, im lucky to have one of the last sdx made,(1998) so i dont have any worrys about the output etc, please im only new to radio and still have a lot to learn, but the one thing i have lernt, if you have or have the chance to get the sdx, take it with both hands, BUT DONT SELL IT IF YOU HAVE GOT IT, trust me you wont get better. 73 from a very happy kenwood lover |
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| KE8LW |
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2007-07-27 | |
| THE BEST HANDS DOWN !! |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
| THIS KENWOOD TS 950SDX, IS STILL A VERY GOOD ADDITION TO ANY HAM SHACK. THE RX AND TX ARE SUPERB. IF YOU CAN FIND ONE OF THESE OLD HEAVY RIGS BUY IT UP, YOU WONT BE SORRY. THIS KENWOOD WILL COMPARE WITH THE NEWER HIGH DOLLAR RIGS THAT ARE 10K IN PRICE, AND THE FUNNY THING IS KENWOOD MADE THIS RIG NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO THE COMPETITION HAS FINALLY CAUGHT UP. I DONT CARE FOR THE DIRECTION KENWOOD IS GOING BUT FOR THE OLDER RIGS THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST PICK. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL IF YOU HAVE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RIG. I AM AVAILABLE ON QRZ.COM |
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| SM5HUA |
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2007-06-08 | |
| Best there is for voodoo! |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
Got my 950SDX used from Mike WZ5Q and its heavily voodoo modified for essb (www.wz5q.net). Nothing today has the same analogue clean audio as this old rig! Of course its a old radio but if you spend the time doing the mods Mike describes, well - then you have *THE* killer of all radios when it comes to good sounding...
Receiver is great, overall the radio is a beauty to operate and its gonna stay here as my main TX for years to come.
Even compared with a voodoo modified TS-850/DSP100 using 6kc bandwidth, the 950SDX in 4.5kc sounds more analogue and smoother. No wonder these rigs are still among the most high priced.
73's de Peter / SM5HUA
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| WA2JJH |
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2007-04-26 | |
| Best Kenwood radio made |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
Sorry for my previous negative review. I was upset with the driver transistors going south on me,and other problems. I will retract my old review.
The RF speech proc. is OUTSTANDING!
I have done A/B comparision with a dENTRON GLA-000. The dentron will out 350W max with New tubes.
The TRUE RF COMPRESSION on the Kenwood TS-950SDX set at 12db peak, will give a single report IDENTICAL to 300W.
All the filters and DSP makes this rig a winner!!!
If you do get an EBAY SPECIAL get it repaired and aligned first! I use AVVID.(CLIFF IS THE BEST!!!)
Enough said! Best Radio Kenwood ever made! Comparable to todays $7000 rigs!
DE WA2JJH Bangkok Tialand. Be back on 4/29/2007
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| AA5IT |
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2006-09-23 | |
| Awesome |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
| Best radio you'll ever own! Unbelievable receiver. I'm constantly amazed by this radio even after 8 years! Have I seen the new rigs? Yes. Do I want one? No. I'm just sorry that the TS-950SDX still brings over $2000 used! I don't wonder why, though... |
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| WK9L |
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2006-04-29 | |
| Love it !! |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
First it is very very quiet, I thought I had a problem but it is just that quiet. I had a 950sd this not the the same animal. Of course everyone knows that they have great audio, But the CW is very smooth also I don't think it is as smooth as the TS850 but very close. I am enjoying this radio alot. It is one of the best recievers I have had in the shack.
WK9L |
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| ZL4AI |
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2006-03-31 | |
| Perfection! |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
Im still reviewing the 950sdx before writting a comprehensive review. Preliminary review is: "6 out of 5: Fantastic receiver and transmitter". Required over its life, only three critical service upgrades. Other service upgrades upgrades were cosmetic or minor in nature. Has after 14 years shown very few faults.
Comprehensive data on all aspects is available at :
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jaking/TS-950sdx.htm.
It still is the only transnceiver you can select different filters on transmit to receive. This enables when using the real monitor sampling of your audio, to put out a really optimum customised sound.
Yours sincerely
ZL4AI |
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