LA5MDA - New Radio From Kenwood, TS-580

I just read Bjorn Vangstein LA5MDA's blog post on a new radio from Kenwood - the TS-580. I thought Kenwood had bit the dust in the HF market but it looks like they are coming out with a new rig. I wonder how this one will fare in the current HF rig ballgame.

I searched the Internet real quick but I couldn't find any other information on the TS-580, other than 3 pictures taken at the Tokyo Hamfair on the mods.dk site, one of which is shown here:




One thing I notice right away is the VFO knob. It looks like Kenwood did a good job with it. However, that doesn't mean it will be a good rig. Lets wait and see what happens with it!