Hi Pat.

I have to disagree strongly with you on this.  If you are really interested 
in weak signal work, the TS790A has considerably better receiver 
sensitivity than the TS2000S.  If your interest in SSB is only casual, then 
go for the TS2000S.

I can say this because I have both radios side by side and I've made the 
comparisons, and frankly the TS790A is a better rig.  Maybe not as 
versatile as the TS2000S, but if the objective is weak signal work on 2 
meters or 70 cm, the TS790A is pretty hard to beat, especially if you use 
it to drive an amplifier like the Mirage amps that are designed for a 45 
watt drive and a large amount of power out.  Even though I have the 
TS2000S, I've never been sorry for an instant that I bought the Kenwood 
TS790A.  It is an outstanding radio, and quite accessible.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 10:42 PM 6/26/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>I'd just look for a TS-2000 myself or an IC-706 or IC-7000 personally which
>is what a lot of people do, an all mode duel band radio is a lot, the only
>one I know of currently made is well over a grand and used ones, as were
>said, not cheap.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Gormley" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:37 PM
>Subject: all mode dual band rigs
>
>
> > Frankly bobby an all-mode dual band rigs cost new at least a thousand =
> > and used probably run $500.  I'm talking about rigs like the Kenwood 790 =
> > which is probably the most accessible of the bunch.  Frankly you can do =
> > better with a ts2000 than you would if you were just to buy those 2 =
> > bands.
>
>
>
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