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.

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.

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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