Ham Radio & D-Star: April 2011

eSSB Ready Transceivers for 3kHz, 4kHz 5kHz 6kHz Amateur Radio Audio Processing

he following is a compiled list of "eSSB Ready" transceivers.
All of the transceivers mentioned (except for the Kenwood TS-870 with a good quality microphone) require some form of external audio processing to sound well balanced.

STOCK eSSB READY TRANCEIVERS
Make / Model	RX Bandwidth	TX Bandwidth	Comments

FLEX
Flex Radio SDR 1000, SDR 5000	up to 20 kHz	up to 20 kHz	Computer Based Software User Defined

KENWOOD
Kenwood TS-850S w/DSP-100	6 kHz	6 kHz	Needs some mods for low freq TX/RX flatness. TX/RX Mods Available
Kenwood TS-870S	6 kHz Flat	3.5 kHz EQ'ed: 4.5 kHz	Sounds great with good mic straight in - even better with external processing! ACC2 Audio Input Mod Available
Kenwood TS-2000	3.5 kHz Rolled Off	3 kHz EQ'ed: 3.3 kHz	Requires some external processing TX/RX Mods Available
Kenwood TS-950 SDX	6 kHz	6 kHz Requires a menu change	Requires some external processing TX/RX Mods Available WZ5Q Extensive Mods

TEN-TEC
Ten-Tec Orion/Pegesis/Jupiter	5 kHz	3.9 kHz	Requires some external processing

YAESU
Yaesu FT-1000MP Series	3 kHz	3 kHz	Requires some external processing. Mods for 6k RX/TX TX/RX Mods Available
Yaesu FT-9000	4 kHz	4 kHz Requires a menu change	Requires some external processing
Yaesu FT-2000	4 kHz	4 kHz Requires a menu change See Settings Page	Requires some external processing

ELECRAFT
Elecraft K3	3.6 kHz	3.6 kHz EQ'ed: 4 kHz	eSSB Menu Provided See Settings Page

ICOM
Icom 775	3 kHz	EQ'ed: 3 kHz	Requires some external processing. TX/RX Mods Available
Icom 756 Pro Series	3.6 kHz	EQ'ed: 3 kHz	Requires some external processing. RX Mod Available
Icom 7800	3.6 kHz	EQ'ed: 3 kHz	Requires some external processing