Lou,

I'd even settle for a third-party desk mic with PF keys if there was one out 
there.  Alternatively, it would be nice if somebody made a box with those 
buttons that went between the radio and a desk mic.  I'm surprised noone 
does, because it would really be nice to have those four extra PF keys 
available.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 20:15
Subject: Re: ts2000


> 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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