[VHFcontesting] Anyone using TS-2000 in Rover?

[Eric Smith]

I would NEVER use an Icom 706 Mk2G in a rover or even a
multiop environment.  The radio simply generates too much
broadband garbage beyond where it is transmitting.  I was
using one and discovered the 432 transmitter section would
wipe out everything from 6 meters up, and that is with good
low pass filtering on the 6 meter station, a bandpass
cavity on the 2 meter station, a DCI filter on 222, and
extra low pass filtering on the '706!!!

So I pulled it out and reinstalled my old reliable Icom
471.  It may not have the sensetivity of the '706, but the
clean pll makes for excellent spectral purity on transmit
and high dynamic range on receive.

I would use it in a rover installation with the '706 as the
only rig, provided the antennas used don't have too much
gain, such as halos or big wheels.  Otherwise the front end
will get crushed by strong adjacent signals.

Eric
KB7DQH

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:22:32 -0400
 "Mark Adams, PE" <msadams at buffalo.edu> wrote:
> Hi Gang,
> 
> I hope you all had a SUPER contest. The K2QO rover team
> had a great time on the road.
> 
> What I'd like to learn is whether you have a Kenwood
> TS-2000 in your rover and how it worked. In particular,
> how did you tame interference between the T2K and other
> radios?  In my rover we use an IC706MkIIG for 6 and 432
> from the front positions, an FT100d for 2M and an FT-817
> as the IF for 222 and 903-10G at the rear position. This
> is set up like this to take advantage of our one computer
> and operator idiosyncrasies.
> 
> I don't know how I'd skin the cat after swapping a 100D
> for the T2K, but getting a feel for how others are
> dealing with interference issues might help. Comments?
> 
> Here is the present setup:
> 
>
http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=105&call=k2qo
> 
> 73,
> Mark K2QO/r