Richy:
I appreciate the comments you made about the radios. I am going to give it a
little more time before I decide. Thanks again.
John W9QP
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>
>
> We can only help you compare the HF aspects of both rigs as the Omni
> obviously
> lacks this feature. If convenience of having all bands is your bag the the
> TS-2000 may appeal to you more.. If having a cutting edge HF radio which is
> only
> rivaled by some of the best out there, then the Omni VI+ is the right
> choice..
>
> I had the Omni V, VI and the plus and found the VI to have the quietest rx of
> them all. The plus had some artifacts from the dsp processor running and this
> somehow was evident in the rx AF path IMHO.. The radio had an RX just as good
> as
> the VI but the noise added by the advanced DSP was evident although this
> didnt
> have much of an effect on the overall rx quality, it was just there.. The
> TS-2000 is a good rig, not the best that Kenwood had offered..
>
> The TS-870 is by far a better Kenwood HF radio as I found most of the
> qualities of the TS-2000 to be ok or middle of the road in comparison.. The
> DSP
> is good, the rx is good, TX audio is very good, the tuner is ok and overall
> is a
> good value.. The Omni's I have mentioned are top notch HF rigs which will
> give
> you RX characteristics which simply cannot be duplicated on other platforms.
> The
> only radio I've found (of those vintages) that could compare and came from
> another source would be the Yaesu FT1000.
>
> Others may have different opinions, please pass them along.. Richy N2ZD
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