I have recently picked up both a TS-2000X and a FT-736R in a sale. I plan on selling one as I already have too many radios. I am not real active on the birds, but I occasionally get on, and usually work them for my club on FD. I have done some pro/con research on these radios, and I am slightly leaning towards the TS-2000X. I have heard that the FT-736R is a better radio, but is it so much better that it beats all the features that the TS-2000X has. I like the fact that it has a sub receiver so that I can work the FM birds full duplex, and I also like that it has a full 100W on 2m. I am thinking that if the receiver on the 2000 is deaf on VHF/UHF, I can add a preamp. Also, I have worked the June VHF/UHF contest in the bast an am considering working it again this June.
Any thoughts? Regards, Chris KQ6UP
The 736 also allows full duplex on FM or SSB birds. The computer control on the 736 is far more limited as it is one way only - computer to the radio only. You can't tune the radio with the knob and have the computer know what you are doing. The 736 has a history of power supply failures.
With all that said, I really like my 736.
Jim - K6CCC
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From: "Christopher Maness" christopher.maness@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 1:42 PM To: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-736R vs. TS-2000X
I have recently picked up both a TS-2000X and a FT-736R in a sale. I plan
on selling one as I already have too many radios. I am not real active on the birds, but I occasionally get on, and usually work them for my club on FD. I have done some pro/con research on these radios, and I am slightly leaning towards the TS-2000X. I have heard that the FT-736R is a better radio, but is it so much better that it beats all the features that the TS-2000X has. I like the fact that it has a sub receiver so that I can work the FM birds full duplex, and I also like that it has a full 100W on 2m. I am thinking that if the receiver on the 2000 is deaf on VHF/UHF, I can add a preamp. Also, I have worked the June VHF/UHF contest in the bast an am considering working it again this June.
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Doesn't the TS-2000X have a birdie on the SO-50 downlink frequency?
73, Joe kk0sd
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The 736 also allows full duplex on FM or SSB birds. The computer control on the 736 is far more limited as it is one way only - computer to the radio only. You can't tune the radio with the knob and have the computer know what you are doing. The 736 has a history of power supply failures.
With all that said, I really like my 736.
Jim - K6CCC
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From: "Christopher Maness" christopher.maness@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 1:42 PM To: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-736R vs. TS-2000X
I have recently picked up both a TS-2000X and a FT-736R in a sale. I plan
on selling one as I already have too many radios. I am not real active on the birds, but I occasionally get on, and usually work them for my club on FD. I have done some pro/con research on these radios, and I am slightly leaning towards the TS-2000X. I have heard that the FT-736R is a better radio, but is it so much better that it beats all the features that the TS-2000X has. I like the fact that it has a sub receiver so that I can work the FM birds full duplex, and I also like that it has a full 100W on 2m. I am thinking that if the receiver on the 2000 is deaf on VHF/UHF, I can add a preamp. Also, I have worked the June VHF/UHF contest in the bast an am considering working it again this June.
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On 12/05/2016 6:57 AM, Jim Walls wrote:
The 736 also allows full duplex on FM or SSB birds. The computer control on the 736 is far more limited as it is one way only
- computer to the radio only. You can't tune the radio with the knob and
have the computer know what you are doing. The 736 has a history of power supply failures.
I have a fully optioned 736. Love the radio. Yes, there are limitations, especially with the computer control, being a very early implementation, but it's still a nice radio. Power supply died years ago, but I run it off 13.8V DC, so not an issue for me.
With all that said, I really like my 736.
Me too. I even have a remote base system that works around some of the limitations of the 736's computer control.
Let me restate the question in a different way. Say you had both radios, and your wife walks into your shack and says you don’t need two satellite radios. Shaking her finger, she says you need to sell one. Which one would go?
(My wife knows nothing about these radios — the fiction is for effect :D )
Thanks, Chris KQ6UP
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