kenwood r-2000
 

how is the performance of this receiver
any good?

It's a fine table top receiver at the right price, which should be
around $200 to $250.00 depending on condition. Take a look at the
review on dxning.com for more information.

Decent receiver and even better if you do the few of the simple
modifications posted on the R-2000 Resource Site (try typing this in
Google). On par with the FRG-8800 of the same era.

Frank
K3YAZ
Tucson

"John S." wrote:

It's a fine table top receiver at the right price, which should be
around $200 to $250.00 depending on condition. Take a look at the
review on dxning.com for more information.

That would be 'dxing' as in:

http://www.dxing.com/

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Yup, thanks.

"jwb" wrote:

how is the performance of this receiver
any good?
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I have two R2000s and love them.
They are not AOR7030+, but they are
very good workaday receivers.

In many (?most?) locations the background
RF noise will limit how sensitive a receiver
needs to be.

The R2000 is rated by Sherwood Labs, a respected
player in the RF game, as having a noise floor -130db.
If you local noise floor is -110dB , then anything more
sensitive won't help you.

The stock filters in the R2000 are "OK", the AM-W is
too wide, but the narrow is likely to be aceptable.

Given that you can pickup a good R2000 for less then $300,
and a AOR7030+ will run over $1500 for a basic version
and go go over 2K with all the treats, the R2000 is pretty good.

At the very least it will make a great beginner's radio, and if your
interest hangs in there you can always rob a bank to buy the
7030+.

There are some very simple mods that make the R2000 a much
better receiver. Frank C decyphered the adjustable BFO mod that
makes SSB/CW/FSK a lot more fun, and allow the use of SSB to
receive AM for crowded conditions.

Go to:
http://www.sherweng.com/table.html
for a comparison of common good radios.

Sadly the list doesn't include the ATS909/ DX398.
A nice basic receiver that the ARRL rated as having a
noise floor of 0.08uV at 14MHz which equals -129dBm.
(At least if my brain hasn't been fried by being outside for
the last 4 days playing radio).

And while the rated sensitivities are nearly the same,
The R2000 is much more sensitive the the DX398.
My wife and I each own a DX398 and I own 2 R2000s.
I have compared the 2 different recivers under many
conditions and I just don't trust the ARRL figures.

There is much more the sensitivity to consider.
The Drake SW radios have a much lower phase noise
then the R2000 and this noise is like a thin vail bewteen
you and the signal. But any of the good Drakes are going
to cost much more then a R2000. And for most listening
the difference is minimal. For real weak signal work, after
you find a RF quite location then the Drakes will outshine
the R2000.
But not by that much.

Go to:
http://www.qsl.net/kc7bum/
for R2000 owners and service manauls and some usefull mods.

Terry

I have one and an R8.
Anything the R8 can hear, the R2000 can hear.
The R2000 is as sensitive, maybe slightly better
than the R8, but lacks the creature features of
P.B. tuning, notch filter, extra bandwidths.

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wrote:

I have one and an R8.
Anything the R8 can hear, the R2000 can hear.
The R2000 is as sensitive, maybe slightly better
than the R8, but lacks the creature features of
P.B. tuning, notch filter, extra bandwidths.

They make a good starter set for someone entering the hobby/tabletop world.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm