I sure wish mine lasted as I miss my 940! But lightning took it!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: kenwood ts2000 accessibility
> The price of the 2000 is way down now, well worth it. If my TS-940 dies
> I'll deffinately get one. But my 940 won't die, I got a good one 1 of the
> ones that lasts for ever luckily.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: kenwood ts2000 accessibility
>
>
> > I like the 2000 a lot, although it is a little pricy. I also got the
> > version with the 1.2 gig. Figure I'll do some satellite work some day.
> > Of corse, I priced an antenna at a e s and they want $200 for the comit
> > 144 440 and 1.2 gig base antenna. May be a cheaper route to go. Have
to
> > look into that.
> >
> > Back to the rig, I like it a lot. I played with the 746 pro and the
2000.
> > I actually thought the 746 pro had a tiny bit better d s p, but the
> > synthesizer on icoms only speak freq, not the menus. The synthesizer on
> > the 2000 speaks s units, memory number and freq, and the manus also
speak
> > and are easily set by a total. That is why I opted for the 2000, and I
> > decided to go with the satellite version.
> >
> > I like the radio a lot, although I don't find myself using the dsp much.
> > With the line noise I have here, it doesn't seem to help that much, but
I
> > haven't tried adjusting the d s p either.
> >
> > Also, on a sort of down side, the guy who makes the q s y key boards
> > doesn't make one for the kenwood. I wrote him a while back and to make
a
> > long story short, he doesn't plan to do so. I'd sure recommend that
> > keyboard for the 706. I did buy the optional mc 57 mike for the 2000 at
a
> > cost of $80 and love it. You ahve control of a lot of stuff right on
the
> > mike. You can enter memories, frequencies and so forth. You have a
voice
> > button and 4 function keys you can redefing on the mike.
> >
> > Hope this helps and makes a little sense.
> > 73s
> > Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr
> >
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