Steve,
Put that way, I'm surprised all the companies haven't done more to make
radios safe for mobile operators. I know safety was part of what motivated
the design of the 480, but I guess it took some time to figure out that lots
of menus in a mobile environment isn't a good idea.
From what I've read, it doesn't look like Kenwood has any plans to upgrade
the 2000, which is kind of surprising since that radio is about ten years
old and there's probably new technology that could significantly improve it.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 12:57
Subject: Re: TS-2000 and split.
> Steve,
>
> Well here is to hoping that the new Kenwood rig coming out this year will
> build upon the previous rigs in the area of accessibility. I've never
> really believed that Kenwood was catering to the blind ops as much as
> trying to make things safer for mobile ops, but we will take it however it
> comes. Hope the new and future rigs will speak as much as the 480, and
> if
> they will use the VGS-1, no reason they shouldn't.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: TS-2000 and split.
>
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> I wouldn't have known either except that I drove myself nuts one day
>> trying
>> to reset the radio and thinking I was screwing it up because I couldn't
>> get
>> it to work. I hit the A/B button and suddenly I could do the reset.
>> These
>> kind of quirks are very frustrating because it would have been so easy to
>> do
>> it right, but nobody thought of it. I guess we can't be too hard on
>> Kenwood
>> because it was their first attempt at anything as menu-oriented as the
>> 2000.
>> I'd love to see them revise the firmware to implement things like high
>> and
>> low beeps, but I doubt they ever will.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:41
>> Subject: Re: TS-2000 and split.
>>
>>
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> Never knew that. I'll have to file this one away with my TS-2000
>>> notes.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:33 AM
>>> Subject: Re: TS-2000 and split.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Steve,
>>>>
>>>> Quite by accident, I discovered that you won't be able to reset the
>>>> radio
>>>> if
>>>> you're in VFO B. Fortunately, you can use this method to see where you
>>>> are
>>>> because the radio asks for confirmation before doing the reset, so you
>>>> can
>>>> get out of it without losing settings.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:06
>>>> Subject: Re: TS-2000 and split.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Rick,
>>>>>
>>>>> That is one of the quirks of the 2000, it doesn't tell you what vfo
>>>>> you
>>>>> are on. But it really doesn't matter if you rx on vfo "A" and tx on
>>>>> vfo
>>>>> "B"
>>>>> or the other way around. The radio doesn't care. You can reverse
>>>>> what
>>>>> is
>>>>> the rx and the tx vfo by hitting the a/b button when in split mode.
>>>>> But
>>>>> again it doesn't matter which is rx and which is tx.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Something that may or may not help you is while in split mode, push
>>>>> and
>>>>> hold
>>>>> the TF button. It is the one just to the right of the menu button and
>>>>> has
>>>>> a
>>>>> dimple in the middle. If you press and hold while in split mode it
>>>>> will
>>>>> jump to the TX freq and the voice will announce it. release it and
>>>>> you
>>>>> go
>>>>> back to the RX vfo. If not in split mode, and you press that button,
>>>>> you
>>>>> just get a "boink'. So it is a good way to see if you have left it
>>>>> in
>>>>> split mode when you don't want to be there.
>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:46 AM
>>>>> Subject: TS-2000 and split.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi list.
>>>>>> Could some one please tell me how to do split operations on the
>>>>>> TS-2000?
>>>>>> If I understand right, you put the receive frequency on VFO a, and
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> transmit frequency on VFO B and hit split.
>>>>>> But I haven't found A reliable way to tell what VFO I'm on.
>>>>>> I haven't played with it much though.
>>>>>> Thanks in advance for any help, and 7 3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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