The 160m-23cm all-mode “2000 Series” was the company’s longest running base station and many thousands found their way into Ham shacks throughout the world.Īs a company built on applying the latest technology to radio communications equipment, you might wonder how a KENWOOD product launched in 2001 could remain in production for so long. The TS-590SG is Sky Command® II ready.A rich history with a strong stake in the futureĪfter nineteen years in production, JVCKENWOOD finally discontinued production the TS-2000E at the end of 2018. The ARCP-590 Radio control program and ARHP-590 radio host program is available as a free download from the Kenwood site.

Excellent performance is expected, combined with ergonomic operation. This heavy-duty TX design is capable of withstanding long hours of operation under grueling conditions as found on DX-peditions or during contests. This allows the fans to run at a much lower RPM while still providing more airflow. The cooling system uses the same size fan as in the previous model, but now uses two of them. The TS-590S series transmit section uses a die-cast aluminum chassis combined with a large heat-sink to increase heat dissipation efficiency. The DSP based AGC has been improved for the target signal in the IF passband, this result is greatly improved in-band IMD characteristics that are on par with those “top of the line” transceivers costing much more¹ (¹for 160/80/40/20/15 CW/SSB/FSK). With this new transceiver, a 32-bit DSP is deployed from the IF stage forward, the TS-590S marks a bold new chapter in Kenwood’s proud history of making compact, high-performance transceivers. The TS-590SG goes one step further adopting technology from the flagship TS-990S.

This DSP technology was taken to the next level with the TS-590S. Kenwood was the first in the amateur radio market to deploy DSP based AGC at the IF stage with the TS-870S. The result is excellent receive performance, revealing signals that would be hidden to lesser rigs. Having the first roofing filter (6 kHz BW) directly after the mixer enhances the noise blanker’s ability to deal with adjacent off-frequency signals. Thanks to a down-conversion receiver, narrow first roofing filter and dedicated first mixer, the TS-590SG has the best dynamic range in its class when handling unwanted adjacent off-frequency signals¹. The enhanced Kenwood® TS-590SG improves on the already highly aclaimed TS-590S to provide affordable, high performance amateur operation on the HF and 6 meter bands.

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