Kenwood TS-2000 Instruction Manual

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CONTENTS
RADIO TELETYPEWRITING (RTTY) .................... 51
AMTOR/PacTOR/CLOVER/G-TOR/PSK31 ........... 52
SLOW SCAN TV/ FACSIMILE ............................... 52
DX PACKET CLUSTER TUNE............................... 53
SATELLITE OPERATION ...................................... 53
BASIC OPERATION .......................................... 53
STORING SATELLITE MEMORY CHANNELS .. 54
RECALLING A SATELLITE MEMORY
CHANNEL ......................................................... 54
SATELLITE CHANNEL NAME ........................... 54
QUICK MEMORY IN SATELLITE MODE ........... 54
CHECKING THE UPLINK FREQUENCY........... 54
USING XIT/ RIT IN SATELLITE MODE .............. 54
CHANGING THE FREQUENCY BAND ............. 54
CHAPTER 12 REJECTING INTERFERENCE
DSP FILTERS ........................................................ 55
CHANGING THE RECEIVE FILTER
BANDWIDTH..................................................... 55
SSB/ FM/ AM Modes .................................... 55
CW/ FSK Modes ........................................... 55
NOTCH FILTER (SSB) ...................................... 56
BEAT CANCEL (SSB/ AM) ................................. 56
MANUAL BEAT CANCEL (CW/ AM/ SSB) ......... 56
NOISE REDUCTION ......................................... 56
Setting the N.R.1 Level Adjustment ............... 56
Settign the N.R.2 Time Constant ................... 56
NOISE BLANKER .................................................. 57
PRE-AMPLIFIER ................................................... 57
ATTENUATOR ....................................................... 57
CHAPTER 13 MEMORY FEATURES
MEMORY CHANNELS .......................................... 58
STORING DATA IN MEMORY ........................... 58
Simplex Channels ......................................... 58
Split-Frequency Channels ............................. 59
MEMORY RECALL AND SCROLL .................... 59
Memory Recall.............................................. 59
Memory Scroll............................................... 60
Temporary Frequency Changes .................... 60
MEMORY-VFO SPLIT OPERATION .................. 60
MEMORY TRANSFER ...................................... 61
Memory ➡ VFO Transfer ............................. 61
Channel ➡ Channel Transfer ....................... 61
STORING FREQUENCY RANGES ................... 62
Confirming Start/End Frequencies ................ 62
Programmable VFO...................................... 62
Memory Channel Lockout ............................. 62
ERASING MEMORY CHANNELS ..................... 62
MEMORY CHANNEL NAME ............................. 63
MEMORY GROUP ............................................ 64
Memory Group Select ................................... 64
QUICK MEMORY .................................................. 64
STORING INTO QUICK MEMORY .................... 64
RECALLING QUICK MEMORY CHANNELS ..... 65
TEMPORARY FREQUENCY CHANGES .......... 65
QUICK MEMORY ➡ VFO TRANSFER .............. 65
CW BREAK-IN....................................................... 42
USING SEMI BREAK-IN OR
FULL BREAK-IN ................................................ 42
ELECTRONIC KEYER .......................................... 42
CHANGING KEYING SPEED ............................ 42
AUTO WEIGHTING ........................................... 42
Reverse Keying Weight Ratio ....................... 42
BUG KEY FUNCTION ....................................... 43
CW MESSAGE MEMORY ................................. 43
Storing CW Messages .................................. 43
Checking CW Messages without
Transmitting .................................................. 43
Transmitting CW Messages .......................... 43
Changing the Inter-message Interval Time .... 44
Changing the Sidetone Volume ..................... 44
Inset Keying.................................................. 44
FREQUENCY CORRECTION FOR CW ............ 44
AUTO CW TX IN SSB MODE ............................ 44
CHAPTER 10 SUB-RECEIVER
SUB-RECEIVER.................................................... 45
TX BAND AND CONTROL BAND .......................... 45
TX BAND ........................................................... 45
CONTROL BAND .............................................. 45
RECEIVING ........................................................... 45
ACTIVATING THE SUB-RECEIVER .................. 45
CONTROLLING THE SUB-RECEIVER ............. 45
SELECTING A BAND ........................................ 45
ADJUSTING THE AUDIO FREQUENCY (AF)
GAIN ................................................................. 46
ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH ............................ 46
SELECTING A FREQUENCY ............................ 46
SUB-RECEIVER PANEL METER ...................... 46
SELECTING A MODE FOR
THE SUB-RECEIVER........................................ 46
FM CTCSS OPERATION................................... 46
FM DCS OPERATION ....................................... 46
TONE FREQ. ID SCAN ..................................... 46
DCS CODE ID SCAN ........................................ 46
ATTENUATOR ................................................... 47
PRE-AMPLIFIER ............................................... 47
DUAL WATCH ................................................... 47
SCAN ................................................................ 47
NOISE REDUCTION ......................................... 47
TRANSMITTING.................................................... 47
SELECTING A TRANSMIT POWER .................. 47
MICROPHONE GAIN ........................................ 47
FM REPEATER OPERATION ............................ 47
REVERSE FUNCTION ...................................... 47
AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC).............. 48
TRANSMITTING A TONE .................................. 48
MEMORY .............................................................. 48
CHAPTER 11 SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATIONS
PACKET RADIO .................................................... 49
BUILT-IN TNC ........................................................ 49
PREPARATION ..................................................... 50
DCD SENSE.......................................................... 50

Kenwood TS-2000 Specifications

General

Antenna Impedance	50 ohms
Supply Voltage	13.8V DC ±15%
Current Drain TX	20.5A
Receiver Type	Triple Conversion Superheterodyne
Modes	SSB, CW, AM, FM, FSK
Type	Base Station
Frequency Range TX	0.1-60 MHz (HF), 144-148 MHz (VHF), 430-450 MHz (UHF)
Image Rejection	More than 70 dB
Selectivity	2.4 kHz (SSB), 500 Hz (CW), 15 kHz (FM)
Antenna Connector	SO-239
Frequency Range	HF/6m/2m/70cm