[amsat-bb] Good price on Kenwood TS2000X

[John Brier]

Ah okay I see what you mean. And that one does have the pig tail. Lucky
them!

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:50 PM Stefan Wagener <wageners at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John et al,
>
> The link still works. Its just that the unit sold now for $998 and you
> need to look at the "original listing" and yes, it is a TS2000x, yes it has
> 1.2GHz and yes someone got a get a great deal. Newer serial number, no bad
> filters etc....
>
> Stefan
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:16 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I think the link I sent has become corrupted, sorry for the
>> bandwidth.  The TS2000X I saw is going for $998 or something like that.
>>
>> 73 John AF5CC
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:07 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > No same one. Sorry I didn't know it had a pig tail for 1.2 GHz. I just
>> saw
>> > the serial plate said 1200 MHz and assumed the N-connector was for 1.2
>> GHz.
>> > Thanks for the correction.
>> >
>> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:00 PM Paul Andrews <w2hro.fn20 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > John,
>> > >
>> > > Maybe we are looking at different radios.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kenwood-TS-2000-HF-VHF-UHF-All-Mode-Ham-Transceiver-/293056784404?oid=283464552283
>> > >
>> > > This radio does not have the 1296 pigtail.
>> > >
>> > > 73 - Paul
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:58 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> The pics of the back of the radio seem to suggest it has 1.2 GHz.
>> > >>
>> > >> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>> > >>
>> > >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:56 PM Paul Andrews via AMSAT-BB <
>> > >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> John,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> The TS-2000 is great for satellites but this unit does not have the
>> > 1296
>> > >>> MHz module.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> You can expect to pay $1200 for a good TS-2000X with the 1296 module
>> > >>> installed.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> 73 - Paul - W2HRO
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:41 PM John Geiger via AMSAT-BB <
>> > >>> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> > >>> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> > Saw this when I was on ebay, this will get you on all of the
>> > >>> satellites,
>> > >>> > including AO92 when it goes into L/V mode.
>> > >>> >
>> > >>> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/283464552283?ul_noapp=true
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