Hi.
I wonder what Kenwood has for electronics inside the microphone to make
those buttons work, and which lines they send the data that a button has
been pressed on? I bet the four buttons are just momentary contact
switches. So what lies between the buttons and the radio?
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 09:54 PM 12/19/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Lou,
>
>I'd even settle for a third-party desk mic with PF keys if there was one out
>there. Alternatively, it would be nice if somebody made a box with those
>buttons that went between the radio and a desk mic. I'm surprised noone
>does, because it would really be nice to have those four extra PF keys
>available.
>
>Steve
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 20:15
>Subject: Re: ts2000
>
>
> > Hi John.
> >
> > I use 2 meters on the TS2000S all of the time. I don't think you'll hurt
> > it, especially if you don't run it full throttle. The TS2000S has one
> > nice
> > feature: it remembers what you set the power to on HF, VHF, and UHF.
> > That
> > makes it practical to set up VHF and UHF on the sub receiver, and HF on
> > the
> > main receiver, set HF up for 100 watts, and VHF & UHF up for 5 or 10
> > watts
> > and it will adjust the power as you switch from the main receiver to the
> > sub receiver with the left and right arrow keys. It works really really
> > nicely, that way, and unless you are in a remote area, if you have a
> > decent
> > antenna, 5 to 10 watts is all you need. I use a Comet GP15 fed with 9913
> > coax and I work everything within a 50 mile sweep of here--even further
> > across Lake Ontario as I can hit a couple of the Toronto repeaters from
> > here.
> >
> > My only misgiving is that I have to choose between the convenience of
> > having four program function keys on a hand mic, and the superior audio of
> > a good desk mic. I sure wish Kenwood would make a desk mic with the 4 PF
> > keys on it--I'd buy it in a heartbeat and toss the hand mic in the
> > drawer. By the way, the hand mic that I use is not the stock one--I
> > bought
> > a different one specifically for those PF keys.
> >
> > I think, though, that once you try setting up the radio as I've described,
> > you'll fall in love with it. And, for what it is worth, I live inside the
> > city of Rochester, and I don't hear a peep of intermod on the TS2000S. It
> > is much tighter than the average 2 meter mobile.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:17 AM 12/19/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >>I'm still very happy with the TS-570, but like I tell people. When you're
> >>on
> >>the air every day, with NTS nets, DX'ing, rag chew with friends at night,
> >>sometimes you need new buttons to push. Or, like me, I'm scaling back a
> >>little, trying to make more room though I'm eventually going to make less
> >>with the amp and all, but anyway, it's nice to use something different.
> >>I've
> >>been using the TS-520 for the local rag chew on 10 meters lately which is
> >>great but when I rearrange things here and start up with my classes again,
> >>I
> >>want 1 radio that goes everywhere that I can reach from my computer desk
> >>spot and the TS-2000 is it. I hardly use the UHF/VHF bands anyway so I
> >>won't
> >>run it that much harder than I do the TS-570 now. Net control on a couple
> >>nets a week on 2 meters, maybe 1 QSO for 10 minutes or so every week or 2,
> >>nothing at all for that radio.
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:10 AM
> >>Subject: ts2000
> >>
> >>
> >> > Oh I agree it is a good radio and I would never get rid of it but it
> >> > would
> >> > =
> >> > be neat to play with something different. In no way am I complaining
> >> > about=
> >> > what I have. I am greatfull.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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