TOP TEN Tabletop receivers still worth buying today KENWOOD R 2000 Communications receiver AM FM SSB 

I have one and love it. It works great. The only caveat: It's been out of production for so long that there's no more parts available. If you buy one and there is a problem and need to get it fixed, you could wind up holding the bag.

I have a R-2000 sitting on my desk right now in like new condition. Very nice receiver! 👍

The R-2000 is one of the major sleepers of the SW receiver world -- stupendous speaker and sound, beautiful design. Not the level of the 5000, but the 2000 is still a wonderful radio.

I bought one in 1981 and still have it (boxed) after moving from NZ to AU 2010

the Kenwood r-2000 A good value. A popular modification was the removal of the tone control in favor of an R.1.T. to decrease the VFO tuning increment from the supplied 50 Hz. This made the R-2000 very suitable for RTTY reception. No keypad entry. Memories store: frequency and mode. The optional VC-10 Internal Converter covers 118-17 4 MHz in all modes with full frequency read-out.

Got mine in 1985, wore it out many problems now will allways keep

it is a good radio but you need to mod it sacrifizing the AM squelch and add the RIT for the BFO on SSB

I tuck my one back out and put it on can only get two stations before I got lodes of stations so Wath is up are thay gone digital

Had a Kenwood R-5000. Traded it in on a Kenwood TS-440s when I got my ham license.

Yes, this is one of the best.

Vintage!! I remember that coming out!!

I have an R-2000 and it everything you described. I love its audio quality which is very good with its own speaker and even better with a hi fi speaker box. I also like its Dynamic Range, it beats R75 on these features hands down.

Unfortunately it is a bit weak in reception, but very nice to use. Today it's the other way round, good reception and shxt to use :-)))

brilliant receiver miss mine

Kenwood was "Kenwood Trio" or maybe it was "Trio Kenwood" I forget, in the 80s.

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