The Tait T2000 was originally launched to the market in 1994, and superseded by the Tait T2000II in 1997.
Although dated by commercial standards, this model is well suited to amateur radio operations. Solidly built, able to programmed via PC and available in VHF and UHF models.
Recently I was gifted one VHF and one UHF unit for the shack – perfect for burbling away in the “shack rack”, monitoring any number of pre-determined common amateur frequencies.
I have reviewed the current channel and frequency plans for both the VHF and UHF rigs and they certainly are comprehensive, having been owned and operated by a fellow amateur here in Melbourne.
There have been quite a few changes to repeater offsets and CTCSS tone access settings for a number of our local repeaters, so once I have updated this information and included a few more discrete simplex channels the rigs will get plenty of exercise.
Good friend Peter, VK6YSF, has provided me with one of his “homebrew” video productions on programming the Tait T2000 II units.
Worth a look.