Michael, thanks for the info I never use vox.


Junior Lolley kg4itd
Liberty County Emergency Coordinator.
"The 3 C's of life: choices, chances, and changes. You must make a choice to
take a chance or your life will never change."



-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Michael Thurman
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 5:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Kenwood TS2000

You will love the radio then. One very nice feature is the receiver and =
transmitter for repeaters is very clean. My girlfriend can pull in the =
driveway running 50w on her mobile and I can not tell she is that close. = I
can also run 100w with my antenna about 70 feet away and do not den = sense
her mobile while talking on the same repeater. Another awesome = feature is
the ability to handle a high duty cycle. In an emergency you = could easily
use it as the transmitter for a repeater and not worry = about melting the
rig.  I have used it to run an echo link node = connected to a conference
server, or to replace a repeater link between = two repeaters for radio club
nets with no problems of overheating even = running 75w on the 2m side. and
about 20 on uhf for  what amounts to = nearly  100% duty cycle. and I hate
to admit it, but once I had it set = for 100w output and did not realize I
had the rig in VOX mode. I ended = up transmitting a nice dose of Rush over
52 simplex. the microphone was = sitting on the desk next to one of my
speakers and I had the volume = cranked up to a wallpaper  peeling level
while I played 2112. That = amounts to 100w at probably 98% duty cycle for
the entire album. the = only rest it got was when I flipped over the vinyl
to play side 2 lol I = heard talk about it a couple weeks later and id not
say a word. to this = day  the only people who know it was me is a couple of
my very best = friends, one ham who lives 2 miles from me and though tit as
funny, and = a couple on the net until now Bad idea, but it is nice to know
the radio = handled it just fine. Obviously the fan was on high cool, but
the radio = was not overly warm even then.
While I am on the subject of duty cycle and long key down transmissions, =
unlike what most everyone says, th best way to get perfect PSK31 without =
distortion is leave the radio on full power and dial back the audio gain =
on your computer until you reach the desired output. Even at  normal mic =
gain settings the radio is clean with psi according to what others tell = me
about my waterfall display. Not that you need to run 100w of PSK = usually,
the radio will happy do it as well.
Enjoy your radio and have fun
Michael Thurman
[log in to unmask]



On Aug 3, 2014, at 5:18 AM, Junior Lolley <[log in to unmask]> =
wrote:

> Michael, thanks but my main interest is the dual receivers.
> I am the E. C. of the county and if anything happens I can listen to =
two
> different bands at the same time during an emergency.
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>=20
> Junior Lolley kg4itd
> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator.
> "The 3 C's of life: choices, chances, and changes. You must make a =
choice to
> take a chance or your life will never change."
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>=20
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators =
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Michael Thurman
> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 2:01 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Kenwood TS2000
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> HF, 6 METERS AND 2 METERS ARE 100W CW FM AND SSB, ABOUT 25W AM. 70CM =
IS =3D
> ABOUT 50W CW FM SSB AND I HAVE NEVER CHECKED AM ON UHF. ONE THING TO 
> =3D=
 KNOW
> IS THAT THERE IS A HORRIBLE BIRDIE ON THE SATELLITE SUB BAND ON UHF 
> =3D =
WHICH
> MADE THE OLD AO-27 SATELLITE USELESS.THIS BIRDIE IS AUDIBLE =3D =
ANYWHERE IN
> THE HOUSE ON AN HT AS WELL WHENEVER THE RADIO IS POWERED UP. =3D =
ANOTHER
> LIMITATION OF THE 2000 IS YOU CAN NOT GET SWR INFORMATION OR =3D READ 
> =
ANY
> METERING WHATSOEVER THAN THE S METER. YOU ALSO HAVE TO COUNT =3D =
CLICKS TO SET
> PL TONES, AND HAVE WAY WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE THE =3D PROCESSOR =
TURNED ON.
> THERE ARE OTHER RADIOS WHICH HAVE MORE THINGS YOU =3D CAN READ AS A =
BLIND OP.
> ALL OF THAT HAVING BEEN SAID IT IS AN EXCELLENT =3D HF RADIO =
CONSIDERING IT IS
> A DESIGN THAT IS OVER 15 YEARS OLD. THE DSP =3D ON NEWER RADIOS IS =
MUCH BETTER
> I BELIEVE. I FIND THE DSP NOISE REDUCTION =3D TO BE ONLY MARGIONALLY 
> EFFECTIVE, AND IT OFTEN MAKES WEAK SIGNALS HARDER =3D RATHER THAN =
EASIER TO
> COPY. I HAD THE CHANCE TO OPERATE AN ICOM 7800 AND =3D ALTHOUGH THAT =
IS
> OVIOUSLY NOT A FAIR COMPARISON, RATHER LIKE COMPARING A =3D TOYOTA =
COROLLA TO
> A BMW, THE DSP WAS SHOCKINGLY MORE EFFECTIVE ON THAT =3D RADIO, AND I 
> =
CAN ONLY
> WONDER HOW MUCH BETTER THE DSP IS ON A KENWOOD =3D
> TS590 THAN THE 2000. I ALSO FIND THAT I CAN HEAR WEAK STATIONS ON MY 
> =3D=

> TMV71A MOBILE THAT ARE NOT AS STRONG  ON MY 2000. IF YOU PLAN ON USING 
> =
A =3D
> PREAMP AT THE ANTENNA THEN THAT IS NO ISSUE.
> GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY
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> Michael Thurman
> [log in to unmask]
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> On Aug 2, 2014, at 5:16 PM, Junior Lolley <[log in to unmask]> =3D
> wrote:
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>> Well it looks like Monday I will order my new Kenwood TS2000.
>> Just one question on the following bands what is the power output?
>> 2 meters, 6 meters, and 440.
>> Thanks for the help.
>> =3D20
>> =3D20
>> =3D20
>> Junior Lolley kg4itd
>> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator.
>> "The 3 C's of life: choices, chances, and changes. You must make a 
>> =3D
> choice to
>> take a chance or your life will never change."
>> =3D20
>> =3D20
>> =3D20
>> =3D20
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