The TS-130S was one of the first Kenwoods updated for the new WARC bands, and 73 Magazine reviewed it in July 1981 as a good rig done better. It replaced the TS-120S and added a speech processor and a wide/narrow CW filter switch, two things 120S owners had asked for. It's all solid state, with broadband 2SC2290 finals that need no tune-up, and it covers 80 m to 10 m on SSB and CW at about 100 W from a 13.8 V supply. The frequency shows on a built-in digital display as well as the dial. As shipped, 30, 17 and 12 m were receive only, with diodes fitted to block transmit there. The TS-130V is the low-power version. 73 found it close to the bigger TS-830S on receive and slightly behind on selectivity.
Bench check
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Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing piece should come off the price.
Owner notes on mods.dk cover an intermittent fault that stops the display, receive and transmit together, and a transmit oscillation fix. As shipped, 30, 17 and 12 m are receive only, so no output there may just be the factory diodes.
New to used rigs? How to check a used ham radio covers power out, receive, the finals and the display, and what power supply a used rig needs explains the 13.8 V supply most rigs need.
Buying guide
Two listings aren't a market read. We'd look at tritonoutlet's TS-130S at $340 delivered, with the YK-88SN SSB filter as titled and the display lit in its photo, though it isn't titled tested. The other asks $865 with free shipping, titled TS-130SE and A++ tested, but the photo looks like a stock image and the seller is at 97.1%, so ask for photos of the actual radio. It runs on 13.8 V DC at 18 A and neither is titled with a supply, so budget for one like Kenwood's PS-30, and ask for a wattmeter reading into a dummy load on 80, 20 and 10 m.
$339.83est. delivered
The cheaper of two at $340 delivered, with the YK-88SN 1.8 kHz SSB filter fitted as titled and the display lit in the photo. There's no test claim and no supply, so budget for a 13.8 V supply good for 18 A, like Kenwood's PS-30.
Kenwood TS-130S Amateur Transceiver Radio CW SSB REV With YK-88SN SSB Filter
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Used$339.83est. delivered
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With the YK-88SN SSB filter as titled. Photo shows the display lit, with a fan sitting on the cover, so ask why. No supply titled.
Seller: tritonoutlet
100% positive
Used$865.00delivered
$865.00 · free shipping
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Titled TS-130SE and A++ tested. The photo looks like a stock image, and the seller is at 97.1%.
Seller: samedayships
97.1% positive
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