With watt/swr meter in-line I have found my IC-910 to actually go down to as low as 1 - 2 watts. It have used it in a QRP mode at this level many times. I know that the brochure states 5 watts for 2/70cm and 1 watt for 1.2ghz, but found it to actually go lower, but still go to full power as advertised.
Reid, W4UPD
Bruce Robertson wrote:
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Greg Dober almetco@comcast.net 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: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:02 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org 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