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Hi Christian,

Download the mcp2000 from:

http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/software_download.html

I think it was me that sent you the  synth demos some time ago.    Hope you 
can pick  up a TS-2000  soon.

73, Steve  KW3A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: Software for Kenwood TS-2000


> Hello Kevin,
> Many thanks for your email.
> It was the software from Kenwood that I was searching for at first.
> It was some time since I tried out Hamradio Deluxe but at that time I=
> couldn't to get it to work that good with Window-Eyes. I was able to=
> select a radio, but not much else. I will give that a try just for fun.
> Hopefully I will be able to have a look at this radio, but the closest=
> dealer is a bit far away just for having a look and I haven't found 
> anyone=
> in my area having this radio.
> But it looks really promising from what I have read and heared from the=
> synthesizer someone sent me some demo sounds of it.
> 73 and many thanks,
> Christian SM0UWV
>
>
> On 2009-04-28 at 18:04 Kevin Minor wrote:
>
>>Hi Christian.
>>
>>I am aware of two pieces of software to control the TS-2000.
>>
>>The first is Ham Radio Deluxe.  It does control of the radio in real time.
>>That is, when you enter a frequency, the change is immediate.  You can get
>>it from
>>
>>http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
>>
>>What's really nice is there is a demo mode where you can simulate the=
> radio
>>before you get it.  I used this mode to learn how the software worked with
>>the actual radio.  For me, it's a bit more than what I wanted.
>>
>>Kenwood has the MCP-2000 software, which you can get from
>>
>>http://kenwood.com
>>
>>Follow the links until you get to Amateur Radio, and then I'm not exactly
>>sure where to direct you.  I still have the executable file on the PC if
>>you
>>need it.  It's a bit different to install, but I find it quite easy to=
> use.
>>You can read and write memories, and what's really nice is the menus are
>>spoken in English, rather than given a numeric value, which the speech
>>synthesizer in the radio does.  Also, you can set items in each memory,
>>such
>>as repeater offset, PL tones, and if you want a channel skipped when
>>scanning.
>>
>>Hope this is useful.  If you have any questions, let me know, and I'll try
>>to answer them.
>>
>>73
>>Kevin Minor, N8EGA
>>[log in to unmask]
> 

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