Is this the diode mod or something else?
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, John Miller 
wrote:

> Don't forget though, there's a mod for the TS-2000, I believe it was already
> done at the factory on the newer ones, to greatly increase the receiver
> sensitivity on UHF and VHf on the TS-2000. I know someone who did the mod
> and said it's a night and day difference and someone told me that's already
> done on TS-2000's made from mid last summer on, like mine though I can't
> compare it with anything having nothing to compare it with than the 706 and
> I know how those results would stack up. way in favor of the TS-2000
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: all mode dual band rigs
>
>
>> Hi Pat.
>>
>> I have to disagree strongly with you on this.  If you are really
>> interested
>> in weak signal work, the TS790A has considerably better receiver
>> sensitivity than the TS2000S.  If your interest in SSB is only casual,
>> then
>> go for the TS2000S.
>>
>> I can say this because I have both radios side by side and I've made the
>> comparisons, and frankly the TS790A is a better rig.  Maybe not as
>> versatile as the TS2000S, but if the objective is weak signal work on 2
>> meters or 70 cm, the TS790A is pretty hard to beat, especially if you use
>> it to drive an amplifier like the Mirage amps that are designed for a 45
>> watt drive and a large amount of power out.  Even though I have the
>> TS2000S, I've never been sorry for an instant that I bought the Kenwood
>> TS790A.  It is an outstanding radio, and quite accessible.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:42 PM 6/26/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>> I'd just look for a TS-2000 myself or an IC-706 or IC-7000 personally
>>> which
>>> is what a lot of people do, an all mode duel band radio is a lot, the only
>>> one I know of currently made is well over a grand and used ones, as were
>>> said, not cheap.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Pat Gormley" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:37 PM
>>> Subject: all mode dual band rigs
>>>
>>>
>>>> Frankly bobby an all-mode dual band rigs cost new at least a thousand =
>>>> and used probably run $500.  I'm talking about rigs like the Kenwood
>>>> 790 =
>>>> which is probably the most accessible of the bunch.  Frankly you can do
>>>> =
>>>> better with a ts2000 than you would if you were just to buy those 2 =
>>>> bands.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> Louis Kim Kline
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