Kenwood KT-1000

Companion of the KA-1000 and not to be mistaken with tha late 60s KT-1000... or the late 60s KA-1000 !

The 1979 KT-1000 is what came before the famed L-02T and L-03T and just after the L-01T.


Direct RF Conversion
to eliminate interference by bypassing the RF stage (at the expense of a sensitivity loss...)

Pulse Count Detector
is like PWM applied to FM : an IC samples and averages individual waveforms, packs them into digital equivalents then reconstitutes them into a precise replica of the original (analogue) signal. No noise, no temp changes when compared to a regular ratio discriminator.

Double IF Conversion
reducing the IF signal to 1,9MHz instead of the normal 10,7MHz provides better control, lowest noise and narrows the maximum deviation rate down to ± 75Khz.

digital Sample/Hold MPX
... like the Pulse Count Detector system but applied to the MPX section.

Otherwise, as in the KA-1000, "non-magnetic" design (ie. plastic) to reduce "previously hidden source of dynamic distortion", touch-sensor servo-lock tuning, DC MPX circuit, independent local oscillator power supply, 19Khz pilot canceller circuit, normal/direct RF conversion switch, wide/narrow switch for FM and AM, automatic muting selector and automatic servo-lock activation.


Despite its great scale design and real glass front, the KT-1000 isn't free of faults, and seemingly sold rather poorly... Everybody already had a L-01T !