The TS-570's were known for that, I haven't heard of it on the TS-2000's yet 
but it feels like the same underlaying knob to me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: TS-2000 question


> Steve,
>
> I think you'll need some sort of contact cleaner to fix that flakey 
> control.
> I think it's actually an optical chopper, and the light is being blocked 
> by
> some sort of crud that air or a vacuum hose won't remove.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:30
> Subject: Re: TS-2000 question
>
>
>> Tnx Steve.  Got it all set up the way I want now.
>>
>> BTW, as for the multi channel knob, mine is going flaky after 8 years.
>> Kind of jumps around as you try an  turn it to  set any of the functions
>> it
>> is used for.   I've heard of others having this problem as the encoder
>> gets
>> dirty.    If it ever needs to go out for service, I'll probably get it
>> replaced.   Trying to blow it with air or using a vacuumed hose on it 
>> only
>> gives  slight and temporary relief.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: TS-2000 question
>>
>>
>>> Hmmm, I think the number 9 key is the fine step key?  If you press 9 by
>>> itself, you can turn the multi-channel knob to set the finer steps.  If
>>> you
>>> press the func key first then 9, you set the step size used by the
>>> multi-channel knob.
>>>
>>> So, I think what you want to do is press 9, rotate the multi-channel 
>>> knob
>>> to
>>> the left, and press 9 again to save the change.
>>>
>>> Steve, K8SP
>>> Lansing, MI
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:57 AM
>>> Subject: TS-2000 question
>>>
>>>
>>>    Here's one for you TS-2000 users:
>>>
>>> I've been set up so that one turn of the main tuning knob will give 1 
>>> khz
>>> frequency change.  Somehow I've lost that and can't remember what I did
>>> or
>>> how to get it back.  Menu 2  has settings for 1000 or 500, which will
>>> give
>>> either 10 khz or 5 khz per turn of the knob.    What's the secret trick
>>> to
>>> get back 1 khz per turn?
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>
>>