the tm-g707A is still being made according to the last time I checked which
was last week.
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From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: needing new radio
i would recommend very very highly one of the following:
Kenwood TM V7A dual bander:
TM G707a dual bander
TM D700 dual bander has APRS capabilities out of the box which means i think
a built in tnc.
Tm v708
All of these radios have the ability to have a small relatively inexpensive
speech board put in.
The speech board will give you such information as, frequency read out, what
mode you are in, that is, VFO or memory recall, will speak the digits when
you enter frequency, will speak the channel you are on in MR
mode...unfortunately, the menus are not spoken, but if you use the operating
manual you can rather easily figure out how to navigate the menus.
All these radios have simaltanious dual band receive, you can transmit while
receiving on the other band for both VHF and UHF....the TM V7A has 140
memories for vhf and 140 for uhf
Out of the box, they have various receive coverage, but the standard is 118
to 174 VHF, and 410 to 470 UHF...with very easy small modifications, you can
get full 100 to 1299 mhz coverage on the v708 and 118-174 300-470 on the TM
V7A and the extra 525 to 9999 on the TM G707
With a somewhat more complex or, i should say, more difficult for a vision
impaired person, modification the TM V7A can be modified to receive the
800-9999 band excluding cell frequencies.
If you are interested in transmit capabilities in the 136-174 and 400-470
bands, all 4 of these radios will do that with mearly the removal of one or
2 chip resistors.
All these radios have removable control heads which are very small
You can of course find out much more about these 3 rigs from Universal radio
at
www.universal-radio.com
unfortunately the TM V7A and G707 are no longer being made and the TM V708
has replaced them.
For features and specifications see the universal radio site their
discriptions and specifications are very good.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
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