Gary,

Just feel free to ask questions.  Personally, I never saw another one and 
never sought out another ham with mine, except for Bob K8LR and of course, the 
manual.  I had one of my kids go through the controls with me while I wrote 
out the description, which became part of what Bob and I contributed to the 
ICanWorkiThisThing.com site.

The rig is extremely user-friendly; almost as friendly as the TS-480.  Once 
you write down what functions each menu does, it is a pleasure to operate.

The 2000 of course doesn't do all things well, but it does offer a raft of 
features and has more capabilities than any other rig as far as the whole 
spectrum of hamming is concerned.

I haven't put mine on digital modes yet, and I haven't had the chance to run 
satellite mode.  Just plans for the future.

Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: TS2000 help


That's exactly how I feel Steve.  I'm going from the 440 to the 2000.  It's
like night and day.  I got the rig after hearing so many good things about
it on the list.  I just wish there was someone close by me that also had
one.

Gary, N5GD

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: TS2000 help

Seriously John,  I think you may have had a 570 prior to the 2000.   I had
upgraded from a 430,  so it was like going from a skateboard to a Corvette.
I didn't know what the rig was supposed to do, much less how to do it.   I
found the manual intimidating and  got myself jammed up a few times early on

that nothing short of divine intervention or reset would cure

Live and learn.

73, Steve KW3A.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: TS2000 help


> lol, even if that was literal, I think I'd die looking for the problem.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:15 PM
> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>
>
>> You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.   Sure if you can figure it out
>> no
>> need to reset.   To me the reset is like a parachute.  I'd rather jump
>> than
>> figure out why the plane is full of smoke.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>>
>>
>>> Isn't it more worth while to figure out what you did rather than reset
>>> the
>>> radio all the time? I've never reset my radio that I can recall. Not
>>> since
>>> my old TS-450, and I did figure out later I accidently put it in split
>>> and
>>> I
>>> think I only did that once.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:40 PM
>>> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>>>
>>>
>>>> Gary,
>>>>
>>>> There are 2 modes of reset:  one  blows it all away to factory
>>>> defaults.
>>>> The other leaves menu settings and memory  channels intact while   only
>>>> resetting  internal radio stuff.
>>>>
>>>> One mode uses the a=b button and the other uses the a/b button.
>>>> procedure
>>>> is the same, just use one button or the other.   It's been so long
>>>> since
>>>> I've done it here, I forget which is which, but obviously whatever you
>>>> did
>>>> was the  one that preserves menus.
>>>>
>>>> hope it solved your problem.  In the next few weeks, the reset is your
>>>> best
>>>> friend, so get to know him.   BTW, before storing a lot of frequencies,
>>>> you
>>>> should get the mcp-2000 program to back stuff to the pc so you can get
>>>> it
>>>> loaded back if a full reset is needed.
>>>>
>>>> The one reset is a full and the other one is called a partial.
>>>>
>>>> 73, HNY, Steve KW3A
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Gary Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:22 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Steve, pressing the A=B button a second time did it.  However,
>>>>> it
>>>>> didn't change some of the settings that I had previously changed.
>>>>> Such
>>>>> as
>>>>> the beep output level and a few more.  Wasn't that supposed to put
>>>>> everything back to the factory settings?  Any way after that it will
>>>>> now
>>>>> tune on all bands again.  How do you get the voice to read out the  S
>>>>> meter?
>>>>> Thanks for your help and I'm sure I'll have a lot more questions as I
>>>>> go
>>>>> on
>>>>> trying to learn the radio.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:33 PM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: Re: TS2000 help
>>>>>
>>>>> Congrats, hope it works well for you.    If you have the sub rx on,
>>>>> maybe
>>>>> you have switched control to it and the tuner does notwork  on the
>>>>> sub.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, to reset you need to push the a=b button a second time.
>>>>> After
>>>>> doing what you have already done, there is a message that comes up on
>>>>> the
>>>>> display asking if you really want to reset.   If you  press the a=b
>>>>> button
>>>>> again within a few seconds  the reset is completed.   If you do
>>>>> nothing,
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>> reset is aborted and
>>>>> everything stays  as it was.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have fun, Steve KW3A
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Gary Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:11 PM
>>>>> Subject: TS2000 help
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Okay, the rig came in the other day and I had a sighted friend help
>>>>>> me
>>>>>> set
>>>>>> it up and he showed me enough to get me started on HF and everything
>>>>>> worked
>>>>>> great.  So I started exploring which buttons did what.  Now I can't
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> rig to tune on any band.  The receiver seems to be working fine, it
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> won't tune.  I tried pressing the A=B button as I turned the radio on
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> do
>>>>>> a complete reset but that didn't appear to do anything.  Is there
>>>>>> another
>>>>>> way to reset the radio?  Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73, Gary, N5GD
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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