I would concur with Steve's comments. When buying I would consider what you want from the rig. If casual rag chewing is all you want to do then probably the 570 would do it with its audio dsp. If you are into serious dxing, contesting or need a low noise receiver and want IF dsp, then the 2000 would be the way to go. If I remember rightly, you need to buy extra filters for the 570 while no such extra cost is associated with the 2000. One fun thing I like about the 2000 is that I can set up a vhf or uhf simplex frequency on the sub receiver, tune to a net such as our local swap net on 80 meters, put the rig into cross band repeat mode and sit upstairs with my xyl on Sunday morning and enjoy her reading things out of the paper to me while I monitor the swap net for things I might be interested in buying or trading. Take care and good luck with your choice. Kevin Nathan, Independent Living Coordinator Dept. of Services for the Blind 3411 S. Alaska Seattle, Wa 98118 Voice: (206) 721-6450 Cell: (206) 604-4767 Toll Free: (800) 552-7103 Fax: (206) 721-6403 Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie&Virginia [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 07:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: what should I get help This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C27F92.3AF3BC80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit BlankHello Well what radio do yaw think is the best for a blind ham? the Kenwood 570 or the 2000 thanks ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C27F92.3AF3BC80 Content-Type: image/gif; name="Blank Bkgrd.gif" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-ID: <006101c27fc4$85868b60$cf56a03f@ne5l> R0lGODlhLQAtAID/AP////f39ywAAAAALQAtAEACcAxup8vtvxKQsFon6d02898pGkgiYoCm6sq2 7iqWcmzOsmeXeA7uPJd5CYdD2g9oPF58ygqz+XhCG9JpJGmlYrPXGlfr/Yo/VW45e7amp2tou/lW xo/zX513z+Vt+1n/tiX2pxP4NUhy2FM4xtjIUQAAOw== ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C27F92.3AF3BC80--