Kenwood Donates TS-2000X Transceiver to W1AW
 ARRL Executive
Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ (right), accepts the Kenwood TS-2000X
Transceiver from Kenwood Communications Corporation Assistant Sales Manager
Phil Parton, N4DRO, on behalf of ARRL. |
 W1AW Station
Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, wastes no time in fitting the TS-2000X into its new
home in Studio B. It has replaced a Kenwood TS-790 in the satellite operating
position.
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 The image of
"The Old Man"--Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW--looks down in seeming approval as
Parton and Sumner discuss the latest addition to the Maxim Memorial station.
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NEWINGTON, CT,
May 7, 2002--Kenwood Communications Corporation has donated a TS-2000X
all-mode, multiband transceiver to ARRL Maxim Memorial Station W1AW. Kenwood
Assistant Sales Manager Phil Parton, N4DRO, made the presentation May 3.
"We're very
grateful to Kenwood Communications Corporation for this useful and attractive
update to the W1AW satellite station," said ARRL Executive Vice President David
Sumner, K1ZZ, who accepted the gift on behalf of the ARRL.
W1AW Station
Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, had contacted Kenwood to see if the company would be
willing to donate its latest transceiver to replace an aging TS-790 that has
done yeoman's duty in the Studio B satellite operating position at W1AW.
"We now have nine
operating positions in three studios for the use of W1AW visitors," Carcia
said. "Because the TS-2000X is capable of handling 9600-baud operation, it will
also be connected to an AEA DSP-2232 multimode controller to handle other
aspects of digital satellite--and HF--operation, such as 9600 baud FSK. W1AW
thanks Kenwood for its donation."
The TS-2000X covers all Amateur Radio bands from 1.8
MHz through 1.2 GHz, with the exception of 902 MHz and transmit capability on
222 MHz. It was reviewed in the July 2001 issue of QST.
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