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Rightrik wrote:

Hello, i'd like to know the differences between the Kenwood TS-2000 sold in
USA and the one sold in EU.

For details I suggest that you download the TS-2000 owner's manual
from Kenwood's amateur-radio web site. See pages 105-109.

The biggest difference I see at short notice are in frequency
coverage... not in the actual electronics (I think) but in what
frequencies the transmitter will agree to key up. For example, in the
U.S. model will transmit from 3.5 - 4.0 MHz and from 7.0 - 7.3 MHz.
The EU models will transmit only from 3.5 - 3.8 and 7.0 - 7.1 MHz.
Similar differences exist for other bands, as well.

The main and sub-receivers have some restrictions in the EU which
don't exist in the US model - the US model is more broadbanded.

Can i use an USA specs model in the EU, and vice versa?

The spurious-emissions levels are identical, so I don't think you'd
have RFI/EMI issues.

I believe I recall that some EU areas have restrictions on the ability
to _receive_ signals outside the amateur band, which don't exist in
the US.

So... if you bring an EU model into the US, I believe it'll work fine,
but it won't be able to transmit in certain frequencies where U.S.
amateurs do have privileges, and won't be able to receive in certain
amateur and non-amateur frequencies permitted in the US. I don't see
any capabilities in the EU unit which would violate US law or
regulations.

In the other direction - a US model could allow an EU amateur to
either receive or transmit on frequencies where this is not permitted
by law in the EU. I don't know whether it's illegal to import-or-
possess a radio capable of doing this, or whether it's OK to have the
radio as long as you don't actually _use_ it in a way which breaks
local law/regulations. You'd have to speak with an EU lawyer to
determine this, or talk to a well-informed amateur radio group in
Europe.

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