Instructions for curing the problem of the S- Meter going fsd on switch on, hard negative on going from tx to rx and the low s-meter sensitivity of the KW 2000E It needs an S-Meter Amp like the earlier models and there is an easy way to fit one. KW only fitted one relay in the "E" and put a huge rubber grommet to block up the hole in it's place. I used the circuit from the KW 202 with a couple of modifications. Instructions: (1) remove grommet and drill two holes for the B9A valve base (it fits in there nicely when offered from under chassis. (2) Remove the 1k pot and the two wires from the relay terminals that go to the meter and the existing agc feed. (3) Build the circuit as shown take a 100k resistor to the junction of the agc delay cap and D4 as shown. (4)Use pins 4/5 of the 12AT7 for the heater feed, one to earth and the other to the 12v ac terminal of the multiway socket on the rear of the 2000. (5) Fit a 4.7k resistor as the anode load for the two triodes and lose by there is a 47K 2w resistor, take the other end of the 4.7k to the ht side of it. (6) disconnect the existing s meter zero pot take the 68R resistor via a 100 ohm to earth (you may have to play with this value) ensuring the decoupler is fitted to the cathode pin. You will have to retune the IFT. (7) Wire the pot as per diagram with the linearity pot across it. (8) Drill a hole in the space just behind the valve holder and fit the s meter sense pot (I used one from a gash 2000). I used a 100k instead of the 470k in the 202 circuit due to the meter having a lower sensitivity. Lastly fit a 6.8k resistor between the junction of C95 and R47 and earth, there is a convenient tag strip close to the 19 way socket just behind the agc delay cap (C95). I discovered that when going back to rx the S-Meter Amp gives out a pulse of around -190mv which causes the mwter to swing negative. The 6.8k acts a a bleeder making sure that the meter does not kick at all when returning from tx and does not affect the rx meter reading at all.