On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Mike Miller mmiller@nctc.com wrote:
Thinking about selling 847.....Which rig is best for satellite..work.?
ICOM 910 H Kenwood 2000
opinions ....your 2 cents
I own a TS-2000. The birdie problem on SO-50 and AO-27 is quite real, and there is no fix I know of. I find that the birdie is so bad that even if I use a different receiver on UHF, I pick up the birdie on it as well! So it is a worse radio regarding satellite work than the ICOM if you care to work these birds. However, if you consider the fact that a fine HF radio is thrown in at no extra cost, that there is continuously adjustable filtering also at no cost, you might prefer that trade-off. I'm reasonably pleased with mine.
However, if money were no issue, I would get the ICOM for satellite work and a different HF radio with even better characteristics.
HTH,
73, Bruce VE9QRP