I want to thank everyone who replied to my questions regarding the TS-2000x. All responses were very helpful. TS-2000x owners seem to be a very satisfied owners.

Tnx & 73's Wayne WA7NE

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Perry Yantis Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] TS-2000X performance on 23cm band - ?

I have one of the early ts200x's and I have had no problems on 1.2 ghz.

I mainly us it for the satellites but also use it for the vhf contests and it has always worked fine.

I have consistantly worked many in Ohio on 1.2 ghz with just a M2 at about 30 ft.

I have also heard some others outside of Ohio during band openings (rare but it does happen).;

I don't know where you got this idea that the receive was bad on these rigs.

The radio does have a built in preamp.

I leave it turned OFF for hf because it makes too much noise.

I leave it ON for vhf, and uhf because it does improve the ssb signals.

On 1.2 the preamp is ALWAYS on.

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