Re: [HCDX] Kenwood R-1000

["Craig Seager" <cseager@xxxxxxxxx>]

I only have a little first hand experience of the R1000, but have owned the
"little brother" R600 since 1981 and for many years used it as my primary
mediumwave receiver (unmodified).   The selectivity is a little broad
compared to my main receiver now (R75 with), but at time of purchase the
narrow filter was actually better than the R1000's until Kenwood changed the
design of the latter in response to a universal outcry from the DX
community.

I suspect the RF circuitry in both receivers is very similar otherwise.
Before the ABC went 24 hours (striking the final nail in mediumwave DX from
suburban Australia unless one has a directional antenna) I heard lots of
Africans, Asians and Europeans on my R600 & no doubt would continue to hear
many North Americans, given the right location and antenna set-up.

Both the R1000 and R600 are a nice budget option secondhand.



Craig Seager
Bathurst
Australia



----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Martin" <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Kenwood R-1000


> I recently bought a Kenwood R-1000 for a back up receiver. I mainly use
> the Drake R-8, but I needed a backup with a noise blanker as I live near
> an electric fence. The noise blanker in the R-1000 works nearly as well
> as the one in the R8. In some cases better. Anyway, I changed a few
> things like  change the sellectivity for the 2.7 khz SSB filter would
> work on AM (with the e mail help of Don Moman), and cut the cap for of
> the AGC circuit so the attack time would be faster. I fould a bit of
> attenuation in the AM circuit, but the three resistors are buried on the
> main board, so at this time I really didn't care to tear into it. After
> discovering the separate MW antenna input was set at 1000 ohms, I
> decided to build a matching transformer as all my antennas are 72 ohm
> coax. What a difference! The gain jumped up close to 10 DB, bu the S
> Meter. It did make a bit of difference though. I do need a presellector
> in the circuit. However, the sensitivity is about equal with the Drake
> R8. The R 1000 seems to have a decent low noise floor too. Tonight,
> playing around with the receiver, I found KVTK-1570-South Dakota with
> their 71 watts topping CKMW-MB off the Eastern Beverage, no presellector
> at that time. The receiver has been OK with Tahiti-738 and New
> Zealand-657/567 also, although the Drake R8 does better in ECSS and the
> passband tuning. I may replace the 2.7 khz filter with something better
> at a later date. Not a bad receiver for a backup. I can't complain.
>
> 73s,
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside  OR
> KAVT Reception Manager
>
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