Hi John.

I use 2 meters on the TS2000S all of the time.  I don't think you'll hurt 
it, especially if you don't run it full throttle.  The TS2000S has one nice 
feature:  it remembers what you set the power to on HF, VHF, and UHF.  That 
makes it practical to set up VHF and UHF on the sub receiver, and HF on the 
main receiver, set HF up for 100 watts, and VHF  & UHF up for 5 or 10 watts 
and it will adjust the power as you switch from the main receiver to the 
sub receiver with the left and right arrow keys.  It works really really 
nicely, that way, and unless you are in a remote area, if you have a decent 
antenna, 5 to 10 watts is all you need.  I use a Comet GP15 fed with 9913 
coax and I work everything within a 50 mile sweep of here--even further 
across Lake Ontario as I can hit a couple of the Toronto repeaters from here.

My only misgiving is that I have to choose between the convenience of 
having four program function keys on a hand mic, and the superior audio of 
a good desk mic.  I sure wish Kenwood would make a desk mic with the 4 PF 
keys on it--I'd buy it in a heartbeat and toss the hand mic in the 
drawer.  By the way, the hand mic that I use is not the stock one--I bought 
a different one specifically for those PF keys.

I think, though, that once you try setting up the radio as I've described, 
you'll fall in love with it.  And, for what it is worth, I live inside the 
city of Rochester, and I don't hear a peep of intermod on the TS2000S.  It 
is much tighter than the average 2 meter mobile.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 09:17 AM 12/19/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm still very happy with the TS-570, but like I tell people. When you're on
>the air every day, with NTS nets, DX'ing, rag chew with friends at night,
>sometimes you need new buttons to push. Or, like me, I'm  scaling back a
>little, trying to make more room though I'm eventually going to make less
>with the amp and all, but anyway, it's nice to use something different. I've
>been using the TS-520 for the local rag chew on 10 meters lately which is
>great but when I rearrange things here and start up with my classes again, I
>want 1 radio that goes everywhere that I can reach from my computer desk
>spot and the TS-2000 is it. I hardly use the UHF/VHF bands anyway so I won't
>run it that much harder than I do the TS-570 now. Net control on a couple
>nets a week on 2 meters, maybe 1 QSO for 10 minutes or so every week or 2,
>nothing at all for that radio.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:10 AM
>Subject: ts2000
>
>
> > Oh I agree it is a good radio and I would never get rid of it but it would
> > =
> > be neat to play with something different.  In no way am I complaining
> > about=
> > what I have.  I am greatfull.
> >
>
>
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Louis Kim Kline
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