On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 22:41 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

The PRC 2000 is a hot receiver for ssb work, it sounds a little odd (but
very punchy (due to the hole carved in the centre of the audio passband
by the I/Q modulator / demodulator 

>    INSTEAD OF XTAL FILTERS, STAGES OF ACTIVE OP AMPS AND AUDIO  COILS AND 
> CAPS. OK AUDIO DSP IS USED GREATLY!

the PRC 2000 uses no DSP whatsoever 

> THE RECEIVER IS VERY HOT. HE WORKS DX WELL. THE PRC-2000 IS ALSO  15-20W
> SSB.

It's also a pig to free tune but the TX audio has a lot of punch 

>    I THINK  DX OFF IS NEEDED TO SEE WHICH RADIO IS  BETTER!
> pHIL IS ALL FOR IT.

The K2 is better, no contest but the PRC2000 is a nice radio, I can't do
a side by side right now, my PRC-2000 is stuck in the northern Russian
arctic as part of the 'get out' kit on northabout, www.northabout.com   

73
Brendan Ei6IZ 

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