Hi.

For as much as I like the Kenwood TS2000S, I need to play devil's advocate 
here.  The TS2000S is a fairly complex radio, and it took a couple of "read 
throughs" of the manual to figure it out.  So, my question is this:  "In a 
time of emergency, do you want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out 
a complex radio?  Or would it be better to get a couple of very 
straightforward radios--one for HF and one for VHF/UHF?  All of the modes 
are nice, but I'll almost guarantee that all of the VHF/UHF stuff will go 
through on FM.  And, on HF, you will most likely either use SSB and CW, or 
some digital mode that requires you to put the radio in SSB and uses a 
sound card interface or TNC to send and receive.

I am thinking that something like an Icom IC-718 and a Kenwood TMG707A 
would probably handle everything.

Of course, the Icom IC706MKIIG isn't a bad alternative, as long as someone 
loads up all of the memories ahead of time with all the repeaters and 
PLs.  It's a stinker, if they don't.

But, also consider this.  If you need to be on HF and on a 2 meter 
frequency simultaneously (two operators), you are out of luck with the 
TS2000S, but with two separate radios you are good to go.  I just don't 
think that the "one size fits all" approach is such a great one in this 
instance.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 06:53 PM 7/31/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>I would say the TS-2000.  It has good accessibility; almost as good as the
>480.  It has a built-in tuner, CW and Packet capability; satellite mode;
>160-2 meters plus 440MHz, and optional 1.2GHz.  If you only have one rig,
>this one will provide you with the HF, VHF, and UHF coverage on all modes.
>
>Steve, K8SP

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