Both radios are very accessible. The ts590 speaks more for sure, with voice
readout of swr, power, mike gain, compression and all that stuff...the
ts2000 doesn't voice all those things, but it's easy enough to determine
your settings anyway by click counting or whatever.
the ts2000 is using 14 year old technology, while the ts590 is much much
newer than that...similar performance perhaps ON HF etc, but the overall
newer technology gives the ts590 an edge in receiver performance.
It is nice to have everything in one radio though...the vhf and UHF sections
of the ts2000 are extremely good, as good as any dual band mobile etc.
why you would want to control these particular radios with software is
beyond me since that is usually far more cumbersome than using the buttons
on the front of the rig.
The ts2000 programming software is accessible and is useful for programming
your vhf and uhf channels etc...I presume the ts590's programming software
is equally accessible as kenwood software is generally.
Not sure about control software though.
If it's me, I would buy the ts2000. Better bang for your buck right now,
even though it's older technology. It gives you everything in one radio, is
easy to operate and is reasonably accessible.
If your after mostly HF, then the ts590 is definitely the way to go. It's
an excellent little rig and competes with anything else on the market.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
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From: "Richard B McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 9:22 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Kenwood TS-2000 Versus TS-590
> Hi!
>
>
>
> I am trying to decide which is a better rig for me between the Kenwood
> TS-2000 and the Kenwood TS-590. This breaks down into two considerations:
> 1) "accessibility" since I am blind and 2) radio functionality.
>
>
>
> As far as accessibility, from what I have read the TS-590 seems to be a
> bit
> more accessible. However, this difference seems to be small. One thing I
> read from a accessibility review
> <http://active-elements.org/2012/12/01/kenwood-ts-2000/> of the TS-2000
> is
> " The TS-2000 was fitted with the optional VS-3 voice chip. The VS-3 has
> been superseded by the excellent VGS-1 on newer Kenwood's, but gave
> unparalleled access to Kenwood radios when introduced." Does this mean
> that
> the VGS-1 chip can be used in the TS-2000 to get its better performance.
> Also, both rigs have a computer control software interface option. How
> accessible are they with JAWS? Any comments about the accessibility
> differences of these two rigs would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> As far as radio functionality, the TS-590 seems to be a better HF rig
> (160 -
> 6 meters); but that is all its got. On the other hand, the TS-2000 has a
> far more broader range of capabilities: 160 meters - 70 cm; 23 cm option,
> TNC, and on and on. From what I have read, the TS-2000 is a very good HF
> rig; and the difference between it and the TS-590 here are not all that
> great. So, what are your thoughts about the radio functionality between
> these two rigs?
>
>
>
> Many thanks!
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Richard
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