Hi.
What did you do to get up and running on 900?
--Lou K2LKK
At 10:36 PM 11/14/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>I don't think the audio is that bad on transmit on the 706, the trick is,
>you have to set it right. I hear them all day long on ecars when I'm paying
>attention and some sound horrible, others sound good, The biggest problem is
>you need to run compression with the stock mic and that's what kills it but
>if you set it right in the menu and can get away with out the compression,
>they sound pretty good. No hifi Kenwood quality audio, but they don't sound
>near as bad as the alinco dx70, that thing makes my head feel like it will
>explode that thing's so tinny. I've never run anything other than the stock
>mic on my 706. I do know someone who runs one with an SM-20 and that sounds
>very good. I didn't even know it was a 706 the first time I heard it. I like
>my little 706 for what I use it for. Not sure I could use it as an every day
>radio, I'd probably grab a 718 if I needed a backup radio for extended use
>in a pinch and couldn't afford the TS-2000 at the time, but I hope to have
>that in a couple months. My venture in to 900 MHz set me back a bit there
>but not too bad, that's a cheap band to get on right now.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:20 PM
>Subject: Re: TS480 and TS2000 comparison needed for HF
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > The reality check here is that several people have commented that both
> > Kenwoods have better TX audio than the Icom 706 and I got along ok with
> > that for several years. I think that both choices are good ones, and if
> > it
> > weren't for the poor accessibility, even the Icom 706 wouldn't be that
> > bad. I probably wouldn't have jumped ship on the 706 if they had just
> > made
> > the PL tones a little easier to set. That was the final straw that
> > convinced me to take the plunge for the TS2000S.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 01:25 PM 11/13/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >>OMG, Tom,
> >>
> >>Who cares if the audio is just slightly narrower?
> >>
> >>And, you wouldn't give that much up in portability since you could combine
> >>it
> >>all in one rig. However, the 480 is a bit more accessible in that mic
> >>gain,
> >>power talk where on the 2000 they mjust beep. But, I think you are
> >>quibbling
> >>over a niggling amount of transmit quality difference. I wouldn't have an
> >>ulcer
> >>over either rig in terms of audio quality.
> >>
> >>Steve, K8SP
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 7:00 PM
> >>Subject: TS480 and TS2000 comparison needed for HF
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi, all.
> >>
> >>Even though things are not totally certain, there's a chance that I might
> >>be
> >>in the enviable position of choosing between getting a Kenwood TS480, or a
> >>TS2000 for the motor home radio set-up.
> >>
> >>Originally, I was thinking solely of the TS480, because of its lower cost,
> >>because of its portability, and because of its somewhat greater blind
> >>accessibility.
> >>
> >>Since I already have a VHF/UHF rig in the motor home, I really don't need
> >>2
> >>,meters or 440.
> >>
> >>However, I then started reading various comments about what some of you
> >>folks have said about the TS480's less than optimal transmit audio quality
> >>on SSB, and began to have second thoughts.
> >>
> >>So, in light of what I've said so far, can someone give me honest
> >>comparisons in the HF capability and performance of the TS480 vs. the
> >>TS2000? Is the TS2000 substantially better on HF than the TS480; and if
> >>so, in what regards?
> >>
> >>If I were to go with the TS2000, I'd loose the portability I was looking
> >>for. I also don't really need extra 2 meter or 440 capability, although I
> >>guess a back-up for trips wouldn't be a bad thing.
> >>
> >>I have been trying to read reviews on e-ham, but after a while, they seem
> >>to
> >>be much more opinions rather than facts.
> >>
> >>Any help would be appreciated here, and, in the meantime, I'm trying to do
> >>some creative financing here.
> >>
> >>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Louis Kim Kline
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