does anyone have a kenwood 2000? how good do they work on fm and cw and ssb transponders for the ssb and cw satalites ? do they work good for ten meter repeaters and semplex i'm planning to buy one for the future. i'm not going to go microwave . are they easy for the blind amature to use? this might take a couple of years to buy. 

what about the birdies in the resiever how do you get rid of them 

please email me.   marcus of our radio club, will order one for me when i come up with the money. i'm on ssi income. 

from walter wb6jtj p.s. i'm going to radio camp , in august to try one out.