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
>