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AJ4GY
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 1, 2012 11:23
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Great Rig
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This is an Awesome all around rig. It does everything I want it to. I the cross band works great. Receives better on HF than my old ic-718. I really like how you can easily cut out the high's or low's of the signal. Or both. Makes it easy to pull out a station if their is one above or below. Also brought it out to field day this past year and with all the filters I was able to easily make contacts. And i am sure there is other things this rig can do that I don't even know about.
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KB9MVW
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 3, 2012 10:57
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Does it all
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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The Kenwood 2000 is like having 2 differnt radios on your bench at the same time.I did have to replace a set of diodes due to the reciever noise problem that occured with some of the older productions.After the fix all was perfect.For the price this rig is very hard to beat.When I think of the 2000 the key phrase would be versatility.Would never consider selling my rig.
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ZL1LK
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 29, 2011 02:55
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Excellent choice
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I bought a brand new Kenwood TS2000 in July 2011 to replace my Yaesu FT920. After compeering write-ups on the TS2000, TS590 and the FT950. The HF side of all three radios had me looking at the Yaesu FT950, but what sold me on the TS2000 was the versatility of the radio by having VHF/UHF and true twin receiver. After a few QSO’s I really didn’t like the receivers audio, it didn’t sound natural and noise was a problem trying to filter it out and I had wished I had bought the FT950 or kept my FT920.
After a short while of playing around with the filters, noise reduction, audio EQ etc. I now have this radio working as I expect it should. I now think it does give my old FT920 a run for it’s money.
The TS2000 is very easy to use and the auto tuner will tune up my 80 meter G5RV antenna from 80 to 10 meters where the FT920 wouldn’t tune on 17 and 15 meters.
The only thing missing on the TS2000 is direct button access to the bands without having to step up or down to get to the desired band also a few often need functions require you to enter into the menu. Apart from that, I am very please with my purchase and I now feel I made the right choices for me.
I would of given the radio a 4/5 at first but now it’s a big 5/5.
73 ZL1LK Roy
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K2VI
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 22, 2011 16:03
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pile up buster
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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TX audio is powerful, AVG talk power is close to 80 watts and 110 watts PEP. Also for you ESSB fidelity guys this is the one you should consider.The receive is quite good.Not the best but most certainly acceptable especially when using NR1, It really cleans up the noise.The rec and TX audio is the prominent feature of this radio.It is super. It has real solid knobs and construction.2000k technology still holds it's own against the ft-950,ic746 pro, I will say im sure kenwood made some serious revisions to this radio.Older models had unacceptable IMD and receive noise floor issues.Not with my 2010 model.
tony
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VE4TTH
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 8, 2011 13:32
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Ham Shack in one box!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I continually get compliments on my signal and audio quality. It happens often and I have to thank Kenwood for the audio quality, and Alpha Delta for a great dipole (DX-LB Plus). I read countless reviews on this radio, and spent nearly 4 weeks on research. I had my heart set on another radio, but kept coming back to this one. I did notice the problems stated with the "filters". These SMD components are cheap, and easy to replace if they do fail. Looking these components up, I discovered that Kenwood was not the only company that was bitten with this failing component. In fact several pieces of equipment I use in my work had failures that traced back to these very same components. In light of that, I gave the bad reviews, a bad review of their own, and decided to purchase the radio.
I chose to purchase a factory refurbished unit, and knowing what I do about what that means, I felt confident in the purchase. I was not disappointed.
Very easy to set up and customize, features that will take you weeks to discover, many of which really do enhance the enjoyment of amateur radio. And the noise filtering is very very good!
I am using the supplied hand held microphone, and have gotten great compliments on its clear audio quality. The built in speaker however is small, and has a somewhat limited audio range. But lets face it, it's a built in speaker! Need I say more??
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HB9DDS
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 29, 2011 01:51
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One of the best TRX
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I own the TS-2000 for almost 10 years. It is e very good, inexpensive and easy to use Transceiver. Of corse, there is a "better" Transceiver in the market. Yaesu, ICOM, TenTec, or Elecraft? NO, its the TS-590 a typical Kenwood Transceiver. Plag'n play. Go for it and give'm a try. Kenwood for ever!!
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W4VKU
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Rating: 2/5
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Nov 27, 2011 15:04
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Cheap components - Not good for a Dxpedition
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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We lost 2 radios ever since we used them for a Dxpedition to VU7 in 2006. The problem appears to
be with the salty air getting circulated inside the box.
Rig #1 would only put out 5W. Sent it to Kenwood east, who returned it as unserviceable due to
corrosion to control board and connectors.
Rig #2 would transmit full power on all bands,
but did not receive on HF. VHF/UHF was fully
functional. Kenwood east sent it back as
unserviceable due to corrossion to control board
and connectors.
There were other rigs like an IC-756 pro2, TS-850
Yaesu 857 , IC-746Pro and all of them live quiet
well to this day. Whats up with the TS2000 and
the salt air environment. The exposure was not
more than 2 to 3 weeks.
i have used TS-130SE, TS440S, TS940S
and loved the Kenwood line. I am now hesitant to
touch one of the new models. Will stick to
Yaesu/Icom product line.
Your mileage might vary.
Krish
w4vku
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N4JA
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 27, 2011 13:36
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Better than a Yaesu
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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In my 53 years as being a ham, I have owned and operated many rig combinations: Hallicrafters, Hammerlunds,Icoms, Drakes, Ten-Tecs, and Kenwoods. Some one commented they could hear static on the 2000 with no antenna. I am sitting in front of my 2000 with no antenna and on SSB now and I hear only a faint hiss with the preamp and volume control turned up. And I hear nothing in the CW mode.
On SSB I run the locut on 0 and the hicut on 2000Hz And those settings do not muffle the audio. On CW I run the width on 600HZ and the shift on 800. This puts the CW bandwidth at 200HZ. On SSB I run menu Item 20 on H BOOST. I transmit with menu number 21 on H BOOST. I have a friend who runs a MARK V Field and he complains that some one came on too close to our freq. I don't hear them with my 2000 set to receive 2 kHz wide. I can just bearly hear the fan when it comes on, which it seldom does on RTTY. Also I SET MY TRANSMIT BANDWIDTH FILTER to 3.0 kHz. You don't need an IHY equalizer with this rig.
This rig has features you may not know about. You can set it to narrow band FM by hitting func and FM and it is legal to run this mode below 29 mHz. Then you can set it back to wide FM to use above 29 mHz. It's sensitivity is adequate on 50 mHz and higher.
I made the mistake to listen to someone who said I should get an FT-950 because the selectivity was better than the 2000. I did and that rig is a piece of crap. I did it twice because they said the 950 was not set up right. Again the advise was a bunch of crap. I traded for a new Kenwood 590. It would only put out 65 Watts as measured on a LP-100. I took it back to HRO in Atlanta along with my LP-100 and also used their Diawa 801 wattmeter for both my 590 and their display 590. Both wattmeters said 65 watts. Needless to say I came out with brand new 2000. I like the fact that there are seperate SO239's for 2 M and 70 cm antennas. You can use a two band antenna with a Comet or Diawa duplexer.
I am at #1 on the DXCC honor role, both phone and mixed. I have well over 250 confirmed on CW. I only started to work CW again about 2 Years ago. So you know I know and appreciate a quality rig when I use one. I hear and work anything the $9000 rigs do and I don't need a seperate 2m and 440 transceiver. Maybe you need to read the manual next time you buy one!
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EA4DGW
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 21, 2011 02:01
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Perfecto todo en uno
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Para alguien que quiera tener un equipo para todo es perfecto. Quizá no sea el mejor en cada banda pero la diferencia con otros no es fácil de apreciar. En HF lo he comparado con el Yaesu FT-950 y en condiciones normales no he apreciado diferencias, reciben lo mismo y para mi gusto se entiende mejor el TS-2000 al ser mas agudo el sonido; para concursos exigentes no puedo opinar porque no hago. En VHF y UHF está por encima de equipos móviles específicos y con mucha mas potencia de salida. En banda lateral 2m los 100w disponibles son impresionantes.
Es un equipo perfecto como todo en uno, yo le tengo conectadas las 4 antenas que admite y es muy cómodo no tener que mover conectores. Altamente recomendable a pesar de llevar tanto tiempo en el mercado
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N5WRX
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Rating: 4/5
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Nov 11, 2011 10:47
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Needed Repair
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This is the second TS-2000 I have owned.
After trading for a 3 year old TS-2000 with a friend that bought it new, it started exibiting the classic filter problems so many others here have posted about.
Even without an antenna there were static crashes on all bands like you hear from a distant storm.
Sent it to Kenwood West for service (less than $200) and all is well again.
New filters and alignment and it is working just fine again.
Would have been nice for Kenwood to cover that cost because of the known bad parts but I sure aint losing no sleap over it.
Although the TS-2000 is not a super contest radio what it does ... it does well.
Even if it needs the filters replaced again in a few years, it would be worth the expense.
I do think it is a better choice than the Icom IC-746PRO which is now out of production and a whole lot cheaper than the new Icom radio that replaced it.
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