On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Greg Dober <[email protected]> wrote: > Not trashing the 2000, but when it first came out I sold a TS-450 and an > Icom 910 thinking that "one box" would be great. So, I purchased the 2000. > Well, within one year, I sold the 2000 and bought a TS-870 for HF work and > another IC-910. I could have lived with it as an HF radio and a UHF/VHF > repeater radio. The "birdies" drove me crazy on certain sat frequencies. > Not sure if that was ever fixed? It had more bells and whistles such as > adding the sats name to the menu etc, but I thought the 910's receive > capabilities were second to none for weak signal work. I still love my > second IC-910! Still have the TS-870 too. > > Of course, all is one man's opinion. This could become the "great debate" > thread. hi hi
I own a TS-2000. I have tried just about every solution for the birdies, and have found none that works well. Thus you have to be willing to lose SO-50 and AO-27 with this radio. Further draw-backs for this rig and satellite work is that the lowest adjustable power is 5w. I plan to install longish antennas in the near future, and with them my transmit power will be, in many cases, excessive no matter how low I set the TS-2000. I haven't used an IC-910, but I understand it has an excellent reputation. I note that 5w is the minimum power for it also, but other ICOM radios have an internal pot that allows you to adjust this low point. Does the IC-910 as well? If price is a consideration, note that the ICOM rig will require the purchase of additional filters, whereas the TS-2000 has fully-adjustable filters in place. I very much like this feature. I am very happy with my TS-2000 as an all-in-one rig, but if I could own two rigs, judging by the comments here and elsewhere I would probably get a IC-910 (or a software defined radio with transverters!). 73, Bruce VE9QRP > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tom > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] Icom 910H vs Kenwood TS2000 > > I plan to purchase a new home transceiver in the next few months and I've > narrowed my choices between a 910H and a TS2000. Thinking only of satellite > operation (ignoring the HF capability of the TS2000), is there a general > preference in the Amsat community of one over the other? Reasons? > > Thanks for your opinions. > Tom, KØTW > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- http://ve9qrp.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
