I love your super descriptive directions!  I am going to try just what you
say.  Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Trying to Make My First 2M QSO on TS-2000

If you still are having trouble, you may want to try tuning in the Los 
Angeles National Weather service broadcast.    This won't help you make 
your first QSO, but can at least let you know if the  radio and antenna are
set up right.

Turn on the radio, and turn the volume all the way down on the main 
receiver.    This is the left knob of the 2 knobs at the bottom right 
corner of the front panel.

if the sub receiver.  isn't already on, turn it on by pushing in the knob at
the lower right corner of the radio.  Turn up the volume with this knob till
you hear some noise.

Just to the right of the main tuning knob, are 4 buttons in a diamond 
pattern.  Press the one  that is the right side of the diamond.   This 
puts control on the sub.

In the keypad, enter the frequency 162.550 and press enter.  Hopefully you
will hear the weather broadcast.  If it is all garbled,  try changing the
mode to FM by pressing the am/fm mode button.  This is a vertical row of
buttons just to the left of the tuning knob, third button down.

If you still can't hear anything, something  is going on, maybe with the
antenna..

You've said you are in LA, so I figure you can hear this broadcast, if not
tune in the 162 mhz range and see if you can hear another weather station.

73, Steve KW3A