TS-590S new HF/50MHz Transceiver. TH-D72 APRS® Dual Band HT – 1st Video at Dayton

TS-590S HF/50 MHz Transceiver and New TH-D72 APRS® Dual Band FM Portable with internal GPS and a mini-USB connector (See the photo below) – The TS-590 in the Kenwood booth at Dayton Hamvention 2010 – Photo: click for larger image - (by www.radiocronache.com®)

Press Releases, May 7, 2010:  Kenwood Corporation, an operating company of the JVC Kenwood Group, is proud to announce the autumn/winter launch of two new Amateur Radio transceivers: the TS-590S and TH-D72. – Watch the 1st video at the Dayton Ham below !!

[Kenwood announces]: Anyone interested in these two models will be able to view product samples at: Dayton Hamvention 2010 (Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 14-16), and HAM RADIO 2010 (Friedrichshafen, Germany,  June 25-27).
APRSハンディ「TH-D72」、HF～50固定機「TS-590」[アマチュア無線] – デイトンでお目見えするそうです

TH-D72 Video 15.05.2010: A quick look at the NEW Kenwood TH-D72 APRS HT. Shot this on location at the 2010 Dayton Hamvention by W6GPS,Donald H Arnold,Jr (very interesting, thanks)

Link to: Kenwood Corporation – EN Complete News Release

Kenwood Corporation, una società operativa del Gruppo JVC Kenwood, è orgogliosa di annunciare che in autunno/inverno prossimi lamcerà due nuovi transceiver per Radioamatori: il TS-590S HF/50 MHz All Mode, basato su 32-bit floating-point DSP  e il nuovo TH-D72 APRS® Dual Band FM portatile dotato anche di un connettore mini USB e GPS incorporato

Kenwood annuncia che i due prototipi vengono esposti sia alla  Dayton Hamvention 2010, che alla Ham Radio DE in June 2010 !! -

FTdx-5000 latest Block Diagram. List prices in Jp and US market. Mod. MP FCC approved

FTdx-5000MP Receiver Block Diagram (latest release elab- by www.radiocronache.com)  (Clik image to enlarge!)  -
The FTdx-5000 HF/50 MHz Transceiver has a new architecture!
Circuit  Type: VFO-A Double-conversion superheterodyne – VFO-B Triple-conversion superheterodyne – Inrmediate IF’s: VFO-A 9 MHZ/30 kHz (24 kHz for AM/FM) – VFO-B 40.455 MHz/455 kHz/30 kHz (24 kHz for AM/FM)

The Main RX (VFO A) is a two-stage down-conversion design – Yaesu engineers take the down-conversion architecture, only for Main RX A, with narrow ham-band filtering for superior close-in dynamic range. – (Like K3 Elecraft and Orion II Ten-Tec – …US made!)

See The list prices for Japan market  in the CQ ham radio n. 1/2010, and on the Tomei Denshi Co., Ltd. Jp website – See The retail prices for US released on 01/10/2010!!

The Version MP has been FCC approved on 01/29/2010 – FCC id: K6620361X61 – The FTdx5000   had been FCC approved on 12/11/2009 – FCC id: K6620361X60…
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IC-9100 HF/50MHz + V/UHF Satellite Base Station Shown at Tokyo 09. Update now

The all-round transceiver IC-9100: HF/50 MHz (100W) 144/430 MHz (50W) 1200 MHz (10W) with optional 1.2 GHz UX-9100 module. Optional D-STAR Unit, DV mode operation on the esport version.

* HF/50MHz, 144/430 (440)MHz  &1200MHz coverage (UX-9100 Optional)
* 100W     on HF/50/144MHz
* 75W     on 430 (440)MHz
* 10W     on 1200MHz >(UX-9100 Unit Optional)
* Roofing     15kHz (FL.431 3kHz/ FL-430 6kHz 1st IF Optional for HF/50MHz)
* D-STAR DV (D-STAR Unit optional in combination with operating bands and mode)
* Satellite mode operation
* SSB, CW, RTTY, AM, FM & DV (D-STAR optional)
* 32-bit floating point DSP & 24-bit AD/DA converter
* Double superheterodyne with 2nd IF image rejection mixer
* This device requires 13.8 VDC

Icom introduces a direct competitor to the Kenwood TS-2000 TS-2000x!…. The IC-9100 has only one main DSP unit. In the 9100′s price class, it would not be cost-effective to include a second DSP board (ADC, DSP, DAC, support IC’s) for dual receive. No VHF and UHF at the same time.

アイコムよりHF～1200MHz固定機が参考出品されるようです。

See the Link below for download the Pre-release product information .PDF 2.2MB

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ADAT ADT-200A Direct-sampling RTX (SDR). Funkamateur, Jan. 2010, have Review Part 1

ADAT ADT-200A SDR Transceiver is ready!  ADT-200A Vollständig digitaler Transceiver bereit!

Funkamateur, January 2010, have published Part 1 of their review on the ADAT ADT-200 direct-sampling Transceiver, by DJ1TO. The ADT-200 truly raises the bar in overall performance; it is comparable to the rx Perseus (….excluding the Perseus instead, allows the external PC!)

La Rivista Funkamateur di Gennaio 2010, ha pubblicato la Parte-1 della Review del ADT-200A un Transceiver a Campionamento Diretto, la recenzione 1 è  curata da DJ1TO.

See the Some more RTX information and the Links below. Here are pictures, Retail price and the EN User Manual download ….. (continua…)

FTdx-5000 Has FCC ID: K6620361X60. Here some more RX information and pictures!

FTdx-5000 Has the FCC Certificate, ID: K6620361X60, receved December 10, 2009!
That Was Fast….. will be bringing out very soon!

The Main RX (VFO A) is a two-stage down-conversion design 9 MHz first IF and 30kHz second IF . – Yaesu engineers take the down-conversion architecture with narrow ham-band filtering for superior close-in dynamic range. – (Like K3 Elecraft and Orion II Ten-Tec, see the [Note] below!)

The sub RX (VFO B) is not the same! It is a three stage Up-conversion design. The 40.455MHz first IF stage feature 3 roofing filter 15, 6, 3kHz. Each roofinf is a four-pole, monolithic crystal filter (like FT-2000, FT-950). This Sub RX uses a new subdisplay with two EL (Eltro Luminesense) to indicate Sub frequency, graphical wave and menu functions. One EL functions is dedicated at the Main RX.

[Note] Like Orion II IFs: Main Receiver IF1=9 MHz, IF2=455 kHz, IF3=14 kHz (IMD3 101 dB IP3 +24 dBm @ 5kHz) – The Sub Receiver is not the same! IF1=45 MHz, IF2=455 kHz, IF3=14 kHz (+5 dBm @ 20kHz.

See the Some more RX information and the Links below. Here are some more pictures and the EN User Manual (Part 1/Part 2) in PDF….

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RF Preselector or not? tiny SCR Heros Tech. Icom DIGISEL Yaesu VRF Harris RF-551A

RF Preselector: New tiny SCR Preselector 1.8MHz to 30MHz Tunable Band Pass Filter Assembled and kit versions. – tiny SCR Preselector (SCR) Software Controlled Radio via USB or I2C Bus (16 bits standard I2C serial bus interface) Made by Heros Technology Ltd in the United Kingdom.
It can be looped between RX OUT and RX IN of the HF Trancseiver, or SDR Receiver.  – A large toroid core T-200-7 is used, the large core offers a non-loaded Q (efficiency) value. A five bands tuneable Band-Pass Filter bank make up the core of the tiny SCR Preselector, and five telecom grade relays for band switching are connected to its corresponding section of the coil through the Band Selector control on the program software

See the Links and  following image – Preselector or not? Icom Digisel, Yaesu VRF ….

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FTdx-5000MP. The new Yaesu HF/50MHz 200W Transceiver and SM-5000 Monitor

FTdx-5000 Series – The new Yaesu HF/50 MHz 200W  Transceiver: FTdx-5000MP, FTdx-5000D, FTdx-5000 and the SM-5000 Station Monitor.
The Yaesu FT DX 5000 Series will be formally introduced by Yaesu very soon. Pricing and availability is currently unknown (www.radiocronache…23.11.2009)

!!! FTdx-5000 by Yaesu Broshure: 14 MHz band 2kHz offset 105 dB 3rd-IMD, IP3 +36 dBm, way better than the Elecraft K3 @ 102 dB IP3 +26 dBm!

The FTdx-5000 (Main Receiver only) includes a rather traditional 1st IF 9 MHz (Elecraft K3 1st IF 8,215 MHz) and provides for selectable roofing filters (6-pole crystal) at the first IF to limit the off-frequency signals getting into the receiver.
Note that the roofing filter’s job is only to protect the rest of the receiver, and that the operating bandwidth filtering is performed by the IF DSP (like Elecraft K3 Transceiver).

See the following pictures and Manufacturer’s Specifications…..

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Tokyo Ham Fair 2009: Kenwood’s video introducing a new HF transceiver and Handheld

Ham-Fair in Tokyo 22 23 August, 2009 Kenwood news – [Note] The-depiction-is-not-official-document- !

Ham-Fair in Tokyo 22 23 August, 2009: KENWOOD has a plan to release new handy transceiver & compact HF+6m transceiver on 2010. Kenwood’s video introduing a new HF transceiver and Handheld talkie available 2010! —- See the Link and new Front Panel  (big images) below!

Our best info about Kenwood’s HF radio plans is that next year (probably at Dayton 2010) they will bring out a new Mid-priced radio (abaut 2000€) that replaces the TS-570 series, at which time they will start designing a new flag-ship, High-end HF +6m radio (abaut 4000/5000€) that could come out as early as 2011….

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Friedrichshafen 2009: Hilberling and Telefunken Racoms PT-8000 launch maybe this year!

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PT-8000 New Telefunken HF VHF Transceiver! Hamradio 2009 in Friedrichshafen, the absence of a stand Hilberling, who presented the HF transceiver PT-8000 only with a poster with the distribution indicated by the Telefunken Racoms! One of the sensations at Ham Radio 2009 Friedrichshafen is the co-operation of Hilberling and Telefunken Racoms. So it seems the PT-8000 may be available this year!
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Hamradio 2009 di Friedrichshafen DE, assenza di uno stand della Hilberling, che invece presentava il transceiver HF PT-8000 soltanto con un manifesto con indicata la distribuzione da parte di Telefunken Racoms. Questo ha rafforzato le voci e la  sensazione di una co-operazione tra Hilberling e Telefunken Racoms per il PT-8000, che sembrà sarà disponibile  entro questo anno!

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IC-7700 New Firmware Version 1.10, provide interesting additional functions to this radio

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IC-7700 Firmware update Ver 1.10;  Icom have released firmware version 1.10 for the IC-7700 Update 2009/06/08 – A description of the changes and download F/W appear in the link  below:

Link to: Icom download the 3-page description of changes including screen shots
Link to: Icom.co.jp Word Support Firmware file download

IC-7700 aggiornamento Firmware Ver 1.10; La Icom ha rilasciato il nuovo aggiornamento per il transceiver IC-7700 in data 08/06/2009. Le istruzioni, le informazioni e il download dei files si scaricano anche accedendo ai  link qui sopra.
The firmware version of the IC-7700 can be confirmed during turning power ON  • The version appears at the right bottom corner.
[Note] Never cut off power to the transceiver while updating the firmware!
I have a sneaky feeling that interrupting the update process can corrupt the boot-loader (See the Note) For safety’s sake, plug the 7700 into the computer UPS (750 VA) when upgrading (UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply)  However i belive that any thorough design would must have a boot-loader in a protected sector of the flash of  course so that it couldn’t be erased under normal software update circumstances.
ICOM issued a clarification stating that the firmware updates are in fact cumulative. When you install 1.10 it include the updated previus features
As recommended by Icom, first save your custom settings to USB memory. Upgrading to F/W version 1.10 results in a  *full reset* of the IC-7700

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[Note] Non togliere alimentazione al transceiver durante l’aggiornamento del firmware!
Si dice che potrebbe essere dannosa una interruzione del processo di aggiornamento perchè può corrompere il boot-loader. Quindi, per motivi di sicurezza, durante il processo di aggiornamento con il computer è opportuno alimentare il transceive collegandolo alla rete elettrica tramite un UPS da 750 VA minimo (UPS = Gruppo Statico di Continuità)
Credo tuttavia che qualsiasi progettazione accurata deve avere un boot-loader in un settore separato della flash-memory in uso, in modo che essa non dovrebbe essere cancellata durante le normali fasi di aggiornamento del software.
ICOM ha rilasciato un chiarimento che, gli aggiornamenti del firmware sono in effetti cumulativi. Quando si installa la 1,10 si include gli aggiornamenti rilasciati in precedenza
Come raccomandato dal Icom, prima salvare le impostazioni personalizzate in una memoria USB. L’aggiornamento del F/W versione 1,10 comporta anche il *reset completo* del IC-7700
IW0SAF, Moreno ha fornito la foto del IC-7700 che viene inserita in questo articolo, grazie.

——> Please read the official Icom documents and Icom instructions!