[amsat-bb] Re: Icom 910H vs. Kenwood TS2000

[Bruce Robertson]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Greg Dober <almetco at 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

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Tom
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:02 AM
> To: amsat-bb at 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
>
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