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
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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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> 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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> 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
>
> HF, 6 METERS AND 2 METERS ARE 100W CW FM AND SSB, ABOUT 25W AM. 70CM IS =
> ABOUT 50W CW FM SSB AND I HAVE NEVER CHECKED AM ON UHF. ONE THING TO = KNOW
> IS THAT THERE IS A HORRIBLE BIRDIE ON THE SATELLITE SUB BAND ON UHF = WHICH
> MADE THE OLD AO-27 SATELLITE USELESS.THIS BIRDIE IS AUDIBLE = ANYWHERE IN
> THE HOUSE ON AN HT AS WELL WHENEVER THE RADIO IS POWERED UP. = ANOTHER
> LIMITATION OF THE 2000 IS YOU CAN NOT GET SWR INFORMATION OR = READ ANY
> METERING WHATSOEVER THAN THE S METER. YOU ALSO HAVE TO COUNT = CLICKS TO SET
> PL TONES, AND HAVE WAY WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE THE = PROCESSOR TURNED ON.
> THERE ARE OTHER RADIOS WHICH HAVE MORE THINGS YOU = CAN READ AS A BLIND OP.
> ALL OF THAT HAVING BEEN SAID IT IS AN EXCELLENT = HF RADIO CONSIDERING IT IS
> A DESIGN THAT IS OVER 15 YEARS OLD. THE DSP = ON NEWER RADIOS IS MUCH BETTER
> I BELIEVE. I FIND THE DSP NOISE REDUCTION = TO BE ONLY MARGIONALLY
> EFFECTIVE, AND IT OFTEN MAKES WEAK SIGNALS HARDER = RATHER THAN EASIER TO
> COPY. I HAD THE CHANCE TO OPERATE AN ICOM 7800 AND = ALTHOUGH THAT IS
> OVIOUSLY NOT A FAIR COMPARISON, RATHER LIKE COMPARING A = TOYOTA COROLLA TO
> A BMW, THE DSP WAS SHOCKINGLY MORE EFFECTIVE ON THAT = RADIO, AND I CAN ONLY
> WONDER HOW MUCH BETTER THE DSP IS ON A KENWOOD =
> TS590 THAN THE 2000. I ALSO FIND THAT I CAN HEAR WEAK STATIONS ON MY =
> TMV71A MOBILE THAT ARE NOT AS STRONG ON MY 2000. IF YOU PLAN ON USING A =
> PREAMP AT THE ANTENNA THEN THAT IS NO ISSUE.
> GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY
>
> Michael Thurman
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> On Aug 2, 2014, at 5:16 PM, Junior Lolley <[log in to unmask]> =
> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Junior Lolley kg4itd
>> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator.
>> "The 3 C's of life: choices, chances, and changes. You must make a =
> choice to
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