Hi Bob;
I use a TS2000 and it is the most user friendly radio I've ever worked with.
I can even use it in cross band repeat.
73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: new operator
> Please tell me more about the ts 2000. Is that the top of the line and
> who
> makes it? Are you a total and is it very speech friendly? I'm not going
> to
> build anything. I have all I can do to make these arthritic fingers type
> what I tell them to and tools are getting more difficult to use every day.
> I even need a strap wrench to open jars. Don't get old; it isn't worth
> it.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: new operator
>
>
>> lol, that's why I build my own computers, if I want something better I
>> upgrade it though the one I have now, doesn't have much room for upgrade
>> and
>> I didn't realize it until I got everything in, 3 PCI slots is nowhere
>> near
>> enough for me some times, I have 2 used now, was going to be 3 but I
>> pulled
>> something out and went another way. I'm scaling back on radios here,
>> going
>> to get a TS-2000 with all the bands in it and maybe a 706 for
>> mobile/portable, that way I don't have radios all over the place, it's
>> nice
>> but I really don't have the room for that here set up in the corner of my
>> bedroom as I am now. I don't plan on moving any time son either, I'd like
>> to
>> go to cape cod, but that looks very far in the future and we're putting a
>> lot of money in repairs to the house so I guess we'll stay another few
>> years. They're putting a roof on now ad I type this. I'll pay my bills
>> then
>> get a TS-2000 next summer or fall and unload everything I have now most
>> likely then get the 706 and adapt the 2 meter/440 antenna jack for BNC so
>> I
>> can take it out of the mobile fast and just use that for mobile and
>> portable/temporary and backup base and the TS-2000 will make a great base
>> for me.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: new operator
>>
>>
>>> Yes, I already have the cheet sheet and make no mistake about it; I'll
>>> always use it to be sure that I am playing only where I am supposed to
>>> be.
>>> One of the nice things about CB radio is that you just turn the knob and
>>> you
>>> can't go anywhere that you aren't supposed to be.
>>>
>>> Some of us have a problem just remembering all of the phone numbers that
>>> we
>>> have in our dayley life. Memorizing frequencies just to take a test
>>> when
>>> I
>>> know that I will always have to use the cheat sheet just doesn't make
>>> any
>>> sence to me at all.
>>>
>>> As for spending money; I will do my homework to find the very best
>>> radio
>>> that can do all that I want to do and I will get it. I'll pay what ever
>>> I
>>> have to do to do that but once I get one, I'm not going to look at any
>>> new
>>> stuff that might make me sorry that I bought what I did. I did that
>>> with
>>> my
>>> computer. This is the first non garage built hand-me-down computer that
>>> I
>>> have had and I hope it is my last. I'm not going to look at any more.
>>> This
>>> is an IBM T41 thinkpad with 768M of ram.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the advice. It is good. And thanks for the good wishes.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>
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