On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:10:09 GMT, "william hoffman"
wrote:

taking test next month (will pass)-sold almost all c.b. equiptment,over 25
years on c.b radio getting tired of all the crap ,have over 2000.00$ to
invest,read the reviews for different transievers (mostaly on eham.net) the
ts-2000 seamed to stand out for the most part ,put a deposet on brand new
rig (can still get my money back)-not to troulble anyone,is this a good
entry level unit for a person who likes to talk skip,and experiment.i have
good radio knolage but not on the ham side-is this to much radio?and if so
what would your advise be.

thank you for taking the time to read and or respond



Depends on what you want to do. If you're only going for a Technician
license, you'll be limited to 6 meters and up. About your only
opportunity for "talking skip" will be 6 meters when it is open, and
that will be increasingly rare as we get lower and lower in the sun
spot cycle. If you're only going to get on the VHF/UHF FM repeaters,
just get an FM dual bander. On the other hand, if you're going for
your General license reasonably soon, the HF part of the 2000 will be
ready and waiting for you.

You could spend about half the money and get an Icom 706 or Yaesu 857;
they have about the same capabilities as the TS-2000, but perhaps not
the refinement and engineering. That might be a better way for a
beginning ham to go, but it's your money.

Most radios, especially those with a paucity of knobs and an excess of
software menus, will be complicated to work, so there's not really a
'beginner's" radio out there -- even my $100 Icom T2-H handy talky is
hell-acious-ly complicated to program and operate.

Have fun!

Bob
k5qwg