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I avoid older radios ....I work on ICOMS all day and they are less than 10 years old ... The only "OLD" radio have is my FT-620 which I bought new in 1976 ......
I'm looking into a 950 for HF only because I have 3 radios that cover 2 and 440 SSB ..... I don't need another 2 meter all mode and having had a 950 here for a few days ( i borrowed it ) it is about the same as the 2000 receiver wise and like you said you do't have to go through 10,000 menuss.
It is like the JETSTREAM JTB5 antennas sold by R&L Electronics .... I have had several of them they work well.
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my old one liiked like this ... it is the one to the back and on the right ...
I bought the TS-2000 because it has everything built into one box .....
I'm 99% happy with it ......
It has become my main radio and the one I use to run my 2 meter net.
INTERESTING .....
I had (2) 2950's a 2950dx and a 5054dx never had a receiver problem.
As for " white noise " sounds like they might have had a production problem since " white noise " is so far down in radios today you should be able to hear a .5Uv signal or less which would be under...
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