Hello Lowell and others.

I am back with a question. Today I got my first hands-on look at the front
panel of the Kenwood ts2000, not a thing I would recommend for the weak at
heart. It was a daunting experience, seeing all those small buttons, each, I
was told, having two or more functions, truly disconcerting for someone who
began his ham radio experience in the fifties, building simple single
conversion receivers from the parts bin, my projects large and anything but
beautiful. As I examined the ts2000, I remembered that someone had told me
that menu numbers were read out but nothing else other than frequency and s
meter reading. Then, tonight, my enthusiasm rose when I heard, perhaps
wrongly, that, in addition to the menu numbers, actual menu values are also
read, useful if one had some reference card to know their significance. What
I need to know is if, in fact, actual values, defaults as well as newly
revised settings can be heard. If so, then, the crowded panel
notwithstanding, the ts2000 still remains one of my first choices. I was
disappointed to learn that the rig uses reed relays rather than solid state
switching for transmit and receive when in qsk mode. But, perhaps all
manufacturers do the same. If so, too bad.

Anyway, if someone who has a ts2000 with speech board can tell me what is
read and what is not, I would be very grateful. I want to buy my radio
shortly.

Again, thanks to everyone.

Jerry