Hi Colin.
If you look in the manual at the description of the two receivers and their
specs, you'll find that there is an extra stage of conversion on the main
receiver, and that the sensitivity figures are quite a bit better on the
main receiver. Even so, you must be in a rougher area for intermod than I,
or I got the luck of the draw and got a really good radio, but I haven't
had the intermod issues here. I do, however, see a good 10 dB difference
in the S-meter readings between the main receiver (the better one) and the
sub-receivers. For local FM work, there is still ample sensitivity on the
sub-receiver. If I were doing SSB work, I would definitely go back to the
main receiver.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 06:26 PM 12/19/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>a note on the intermod/adjacent frequency interpherence thing.
> the sub receiver tends to pick up allot more of that nasty stuff then the
>main receiver does on vhf and UHF.
>there is one particular frequency, 147.420 to be exact, which has an IRLP
>link on it here locally, and when i listen to it using the sub receiver,
>there is a pile of crap that comes blasting in almost all day on it. As
>soon as i switch to the main band receiver, that stuff practically
>disappears on the same frequency, except for the occasional really loud
>burst.
>There are a couple trunking and multi-system repeater sites close to me that
>bleed like crazy...not to mention the paging sites that always cause havoc.
>Again, the main band receiver seems to be much better at filtering then the
>sub band receiver, and I don't know why that is.
>I haven't noticed less sensativity on the main band receiver that could
>account for less interpherence...
>have you noticed anything similar on the ts2000 lue?
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 6:15 PM
>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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> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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