Hello Steve and others.

Thank you for the info. Is the get started guide the same document as what
is listed at the ICanWorkThisThing site as the quick reference manual? I
have that document which looks very good, that and the other two available
on that site. If there is another, get started file, I'd like very much to
get ahold of it. The rig is purchased. It remains to pick it up, once we
have the speech board installed. By the way, once that board installed, I
assume one must press a button to get a read-out of the display. Also, how
does one accomplish the programming of the, read s meter function?

Regards,

Jerry

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: the ts2000 and menu read-outs


> Jerry,
>
> Every menu setting is read, although a bit cryptically.  For example, it
will
> say menu 19 A:  if you arrow down it will say on or off.  The display will
> give a menu description of 19A, but you'd need to know that it was S-Meter
> Squelch.  That is done easily enough, though.  Most of the settings are of
the
> set-and-forget variety, but you can always print out a reference card if
you
> know Braille which lists each menu function and what it does.  I printed
one
> in braille from the TS-2000 manual; the manual lists each menu, the
possible
> settings, and the default value.
>
> As far as the relay, Jerry, don't let that deceive you.  It is so quiet
that I
> guaranty you won't hear it.  I think the QSK rise and recovery times are
quite
> nice.  You can set the CW rise time in the menus if you wish.  It is menu
32,
> the values are 1MS, 2MS 4MS or 6MS; the default is 6 miliseconds.
>
> If you go to Icanworkthisthing.com, you will see an article which
describes
> the keys and their functions which Bob K8LR and I wrote, as well as the
> manual, and a nice "getting Started" guide that Gary from this list wrote.
>
> Steve, K8SP
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:01 PM
> Subject: the ts2000 and menu read-outs
>
>
> Hello Lowell and others.
>
> I am back with a question. Today I got my first hands-on look at the front
> panel of the Kenwood ts2000, not a thing I would recommend for the weak at
> heart. It was a daunting experience, seeing all those small buttons, each,
I
> was told, having two or more functions, truly disconcerting for someone
who
> began his ham radio experience in the fifties, building simple single
> conversion receivers from the parts bin, my projects large and anything
but
> beautiful. As I examined the ts2000, I remembered that someone had told me
> that menu numbers were read out but nothing else other than frequency and
s
> meter reading. Then, tonight, my enthusiasm rose when I heard, perhaps
> wrongly, that, in addition to the menu numbers, actual menu values are
also
> read, useful if one had some reference card to know their significance.
What
> I need to know is if, in fact, actual values, defaults as well as newly
> revised settings can be heard. If so, then, the crowded panel
> notwithstanding, the ts2000 still remains one of my first choices. I was
> disappointed to learn that the rig uses reed relays rather than solid
state
> switching for transmit and receive when in qsk mode. But, perhaps all
> manufacturers do the same. If so, too bad.
>
> Anyway, if someone who has a ts2000 with speech board can tell me what is
> read and what is not, I would be very grateful. I want to buy my radio
> shortly.
>
> Again, thanks to everyone.
>
> Jerry