- Tranceiver KENWOOD TS-430S -
I bought this transceiver used from a radio-friend back in the '27MHz days' - The radio suffered from over-heating in the HF-Final stage. Many years of over-heated usage had made almost al electrical wiring inside to brake down. I spent many nights with the soldering-iron to replace many 'crispy' wires. Also had problems with the mode 'jumping' thing, read about a mod for this problem and solved it. Finally, this is by fare the most trouble bringing rig that has entered my shack ewer!

I had the radio for some time, finaly it got some problems with the modulation, and i dumped it to another radio-friend who has mutch more knowledge and nerves to deal with it. I think he is still using it on the bands.

On occasions when the radio actually worked, the performance was quite nice! So mainly the problems i had with it might be random with the single one that i had. (Note the display readout!)

Next radio used on 'FreeBand' was:
'Kenwood TS-140', 'ICOM IC-751A', 'Yaesu FT-757', 'Kenwood TS-430S'



- Documentation -
  • The complete TS-430S User manual & some circuit drawings (In 2.3Mb .pdf file)
  • Circuit drawing Internal connections TS430S (In 151kb .tif file)
  • Circuit drawing Internal connections TS430V (In 134kb .tif file)
  • Circuit drawing Control Unit (In 140kb .tif file)

    - Technical data -
    FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS
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    Transmitter:
    Frequency coverage..1.8--30Mhz
    Output power........110W SSB/CW/FM - 40W AM
    
    Receiver:
    Frequency coverage..0.5--30Mhz
    Sensitivity(Preamp).Less than 0.25uV/10dB S/N
                        (Within range 1.6-30Mhz SSB Mode)
    General:
    Dimensions..........270(W)x 96(H)x 270(D)mm
    Weight..............6.1 Kg
    Microphone..........Original Handheld
    
    Manufactory.........TRIO KENWOOD CORPORATION, Japan
                        Shionogai Shibuya Building 17-5
                        2-chome Shibuya, Shibuya-ku
                        Tokyo 150, JAPAN
    
    
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