No, he’s already got a TS2000 and was talking about buying a TM-G71, 
unless I totally misread.

The TS2000 takes a VS3. 

On Mar 31, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yes, but is the ts-2000 which he has considered current?
> If I remember last week's message, I think not.
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>> All the current Kenwood stuff uses the VGS1.
>> On Mar 31, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I am talking about buying it new from a dealer at the hamfest vs =
>>> Gigaparts or Ham City. I have been bitten by used before. I have the =
>>> power supplies well in hand. My only worry about buying from the dealer =
>>> at the hamfest is the likelihood of him having the speech unit.
>>> Hopefully I ill get an answer as to the specific  speech unit I need. I =
>>> had heard that the ts2000 uses the same speech unit, but this might be =
>>> totally false.  I can=92t wait for my new toy
>>> On Mar 31, 2014, at 4:48 PM, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I haven't heard anything bad.  I believe the voice chip is different.
>>>> I wouldn't buy a radio at a Ham Fest that could have been bouncing =
>>> around in=20
>>>> a car for years.
>>>> The radio can share the power supply with the ts-2000, unless you will =
>>> be=20
>>>> transmiting on both radios at the same time.
>>>> =20
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