John:

I know there are several versions of the Kenwood TS2000, depending on what
you want, but what is the price of the basic rig now, with the speech board,
etc.?

Not that I have the money to buy one, but am just curious.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: kenwood ts2000 accessibility


> The price of the 2000 is way down now,  well worth it. If my TS-940 dies
> I'll deffinately get one. But my 940 won't die,  I got a good one 1 of the
> ones that lasts for ever luckily.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: kenwood ts2000 accessibility
>
>
> > I like the 2000 a lot, although it is a little pricy.  I also got the
> > version with the 1.2 gig.  Figure I'll do some satellite work some day.
> > Of corse, I priced an antenna at a e s and they want $200 for the comit
> > 144 440 and 1.2 gig base antenna.  May be a cheaper route to go.  Have
to
> > look into that.
> >
> > Back to the rig, I like it a lot.  I played with the 746 pro and the
2000.
> > I actually thought the 746 pro had a tiny bit better d s p, but the
> > synthesizer on icoms only speak freq, not the menus.  The synthesizer on
> > the 2000 speaks s units, memory number and freq, and the manus also
speak
> > and are easily set by a total.  That is why I opted for the 2000, and I
> > decided to go with the satellite version.
> >
> > I like the radio a lot, although I don't find myself using the dsp much.
> > With the line noise I have here, it doesn't seem to help that much, but
I
> > haven't tried adjusting the d s p either.
> >
> > Also, on a sort of down side, the guy who makes the q s y key boards
> > doesn't make one for the kenwood.  I wrote him a while back and to make
a
> > long story short, he doesn't plan to do so.  I'd sure recommend that
> > keyboard for the 706.  I did buy the optional mc 57 mike for the 2000 at
a
> > cost of $80 and love it.  You ahve control of a lot of stuff right on
the
> > mike.  You can enter memories, frequencies and so forth.  You have a
voice
> > button and 4 function keys you can redefing on the mike.
> >
> > Hope this helps and makes a little sense.
> > 73s
> > Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr
> >