Hi Mark;
I had a similar situation happen a few years ago. I moved to the TS2000
solution for my roving, actually the TS2000X which gave me another band to
play with.
With the 2000 I use the XV222 by just lowering the output to 5 watts on
antenna 2 with it set to 28Mhz. The 2000 will remember power & antenna port
settings independent for each band. Then six goes to 100 watts on antenna 1.
Then of course 2 through 1.2 all get their own antennas and full power. The
real neat trick to all of this was I got the remote head for the TS2000 -
this made the foot print on the front seat very small as the radio is in the
back of the SUV with all the coax and such and the head is tiny in
comparison.
There is a way you can do two configurations with this radio A & B and get a
direct 222 frequency readout. But I have found that I can figure out the
real 222 frequency just by looking at the IF and it's faster than selecting
the configuration when I am roving. The same radio gets used for the Multi
Op setups and then the configuration goes to "B".
73
Tom K9TMS
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Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 7:25 AM
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Subject: [VHFcontesting] Limited Rover Radio Question
Hi Gang,
Due to an equipment failure I need to rethink my 2 position LR strategy for
September. I usually run the front seat as 2M only and the rear seat as
6/222/432. If I use my IC746 for 2M up front, I have the following choices
for the rear, considering that I'd like ONE headphone and ONE key off ONE
radio. )I'll be running LR for another year or so till I get a bigger rover
vehicle. A 2009 Saturn Vue is a bit short on space for all ten bands.)
1. Buy the XV50 and an amp and run my K2/XV222/XV432 as one unit.
2. Buy a Kenwood TS-480. 6m is 100W from ANT1, then ANT2 is 5W to a
switch and my XV222/XV432 setup. (The 746 is no good for this as all
bands
run on one power setting.)
3. Buy a Kenwood TS-2000 and run as above but would not need the XV432.
I did some searching and cannot find anyone using a TS-480 as I described
in 2 above. The manual shows that it should work and the radios performance
seems to be OK. I assume that the 480 does not have power spike issues.
Also, I'm concerned about item 3 as the 2000 may fold like a cheap suit
during a 6M opening and may get creamed from RF within the rover.
Thoughts??
73,
Mark K2QO
K2 #543
FN03ra
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