Richard,

Good deal.  Good luck with it all.

On an unrelated note, I saw your post on the TS-2000 list about speech 
processor settings.  I saw you got a few not too helpful replies.

There is no one size fits all answer for the processor.  Variables 
include:  what microphone you use and how you use it (close talk, or off 
it a bit), any TX EQ settings in the radio menu, and  your particular 
voice.  What  works for you won't work for me,even with the same mic.

Sighted help is better to set up the processor.  The proc in should 
never exceed 10 db and should only hit the 10 db mark on strongest voice 
peaks.  The proc out  should stay within the ALC range.   The 2000 
doesn't  speak these values as you transmit.

Setting these levels too high will  cause splatter and  a wide signal. 
  Can also give you RFI problems, or cause the amp to trip into 
protection  mode.

Anyway just my dos pesos.

73, Steve KW3A

On 1/6/2016 10:42 AM, Richard B. McDonald wrote:
> Hi Steve!
>
> You are exactly correct, again.  So, for now I am going to leave my 6M JP
> issue as is and instead focus on a better ANT1 for 10M - 160M; which is a
> 43' vertical.
>
> Many thanks Steve!
>
> Richard KK6MRH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 12:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: RESOLVED - Using Both an External and the Internal Antenna
> Tuners on the Kenwood TS-2000
>
> Richard,
>
> I think most guys running serious power on 6 meters  use something better
> than a J-pole, but we all do what we have to do.
>
> For what it's worth:  I only run 100 watts from a 590 to a Hex beam that
> needs no tuner at the low end of the 6 meter band.   I have found that I
> need to disconnect the interface cable from the radio to the 998 tuner when
> on 6 meters.  Otherwise  the low swr spot is in the middle of the
> band, whether   the tuner is in bypass or even turned off.
>
> I understand what you are trying to do in getting the amp's output to
> the 6 meter antenna  through the 998 in bypass mode.   My experience
> above may be peculiar to my setup, but I would  check with MFJ before
> putting a KW through the tuner in bypass mode on 6 meters, no matter what
> antenna you are using.
>
> Don't know how much 6 meterQRO stuff you really do, and if undoing a few
> cables each time you work 6 is a deal breaker.   Perhaps with some coax
> jumpers and switches, you could simplify the changeover.  What's a few more
> bucks?
> 73,hope to hear you on the air sometime,  Steve KW3A
>
> On 1/5/2016 2:04 PM, Richard B. McDonald wrote:
>> For the benefit of the List, I am reporting on my results on this
>> topic.  My initial presumption was correct, and advice I got here was
>> indeed correct (verifying my presumption).  I tested all this, and
>> below is how this all in fact works.
>>
>> If you have an external tuner connected to ANT1 and assuming you use
>> an interface cable for it, then the internal tuner is disabled for ANT1
> only.
>> This does not disable the internal tuner relative to ANT2.  If you are
>> on
>> ANT1 and press the "AT" button, then your external tuner is engaged.
>> On the other hand, if you are on ANT2 and then press the "AT" button,
>> then the internal tuner engages.
>>
>> My particular problem is that I have a power amplifier (Ameritron
>> ALS-1306) and an external tuner (MFJ-998) on the TS-2000's ANT1 jack.
>> Using the 998's (not the TS-2000's Ant 1 and Ant 2 jacks, I wanted to
>> have amplified power running to two separate antennas; one of which is
>> a 6M J-Pole.  However, because the SWR is too high on the J-Pole and
>> because the 998 cannot tune 6M, I cannot do this.  I would blow-up my amp
> due to the J-Pole's high SWR.
>>
>> The solution, for now, is just to have the J-Pole on the TS-2000's
>> ANT2 jack.  As such, I can utilize the TS-2000's internal tuner to
>> deal with the high SWR.  Of course, this means that I am running bear
>> foot using only the TS-2000's 100W.  Until I somehow resolve the
>> J-Pole's high SWR, I cannot connect it to the 998's Ant 2 jack and thus
> utilize the amp on it.
>>
>> 73,
>> Richard KK6MRH/AG
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Richard B. McDonald
>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 4:31 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Using Both an External and the Internal Antenna Tuners on
>> the Kenwood TS-2000
>>
>> Hi Steve!
>>
>> You zeroed-in right on my problem.  For my 6M J-pole (ANT2), I have a
>> 4:1 SWR at the range 50 - 51 MHZ, 3:1 51 - 52 MHZ, and less than 2:1
>> 52 - 54 MHZ.  So, I cannot run power from the amplifier to the 6M
>> J-pole until I somehow deal with its SWR, nor can I use the 998 to tune
> it.  The "somehow"
>> is really bumming me out and frustrating me because I *really* want to
>> put like a kilowatt into the 6M J-pole : (
>>
>> 73,
>> Richard KK6MRH/AG
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 4:04 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Using Both an External and the Internal Antenna Tuners on
>> the Kenwood TS-2000
>>
>> Richard,
>> The setup you describe is correct.   As long as you have the interface
>> cable plugged into the  back of the radio, the internal tuner is
>> disabled on ant 1.
>>
>> On another note, the amp will do 6 meters, but the998 tuner won't.  I
>> don't know how much 6 meter stuff you do, but if you want to run the
>> amp on 6 (assuming your antenna can handle it) you may have to juggle some
> things.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>
>> On 1/4/2016 6:41 PM, Richard B. McDonald wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Below under the "***" are copied the relevant sections of the
>>> TS-2000's manual.  Essentially, I have an external MFJ-998 auto tuner
>>> connected to an amplifier (Ameritron ALS-1306), which then connects
>>> to ANT1.  On ANT2, I have a 6M J-pole, which does not run through the
>>> amplifier.  Is my understanding of the below correct that1) if I am
>>> on
>>> ANT1 pressing the AT button on the TS-2000 engages the MFJ-998 auto
>>> tuner relative to the antenna connected to ANT1, and 2) if I am on
>>> ANT2 pressing the AT button engages the TS-2000's internal antenna
>>> tuner relative to whatever antenna is connected to ANT2 (my 6M J-pole?
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Richard KK6MRH/AG
>>>
>>> *  * *
>>>
>>> Page 72 - [INTERNAL] AUTOMATIC ANTENNA TUNER: 2.Press [FUNC],
>>> [AT/ANT1/2] to select ANT 1 or ANT 2. If an external tuner is
>>> connected to the ANT 1 connector, select ANT 2 to use the internal
>>> antenna tuner. The internal antenna tuner is automatically bypassed
>>> if an external antenna tuner is connected to ANT 1.
>>>
>>> Page 94 - [EXTERNAL] ANTENNA TUNER: Use the ANT 1 and AT [auto tuner
>>> control connection] connectors to connect an external antenna tuner.
>>> If you connect the external tuner to the ANT 2 connector, the
>>> external tuner will not function [by using the rig's tuner control, AT
> button].
>>
>