Hi Rich;

The 746 PRO is accessible.

Even though the PL tone is dialed in with the vfo knob, if you know the tone 
of the repeater your trying to bring up you can turn the dial and 
approximate where you are until you turn the repeater on.

On the receive end, you can wait until their is a net on the repeater or get 
someone to bring up the repeater and dial in the pl tone.  As long as it 
re-transmits the pl tone.

However, the 7000 in my opinion is just not work the aggravation.

If you can't remember where the menu was set when you used it last, it can 
create a real problem.

This is true because the menu has every day user settings in it including 
power levels and audio levels.

These are my observations.

While the 746 pro has a better receiver than the 2000, I would still go with 
the 2000.

I don't think the differences are that much better to be overly concerned 
about them.

But, that's just my opinion.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: ts2000s etc


> Hi;
> I would love to know if kenwood is planning any new hf radios because as
> things go the ts2000 has been out for a while.
> It would also be interesting to hear how user friendly the ic746pro and
> ic7000 are as they are currently manufactured.  Are the menu set up and pl
> problems manageable via software?  Is the ic7000 a glorified ic706 or is
> there really something newer and better there?  In looking at some reviews
> it sounded like lots of effort and cash was put into the visual display
> which I could care less about.
> I do, however, hate to be limited to just two kenwood radios.
> Richard
>
>