Hi Jerry;
Someone on this list said it best, if you can memorize key strokes and you
have a good knowlege of the radio, your in.
I have three hand helds.
1. TH-F6A
2. TH-G71A
3. ICOM T90A
I have no problem working any one of them.
73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: Accessible handhelds
> Good morning Dave, John and others who have kindly responded to my inquiry
> about accessible, multi-band handhelds. I found the info most helpful.
> From
> what I have heard here and elsewhere, the Kenwood TH-F6A seems a good bet,
> despite there being no audible read-out of any kind. Dave, you have said
> this unit to be very accessible. Without read-outs of any kind, how does
> one
> go about setting things like frequency, offset, ct and ctcss tones etc.?
> Obviously, one can from what you say. While I will look at,
> ICanWorkThisThing, your personal comments, and those of anyone else who
> would care to take the time to be descriptive, would be very much
> appreciated. I am about to order a unit, cancelling my order for the
> latest
> Yaesu product.
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Jerry, v e 3 q s o
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Marthouse" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Accessible handhelds
>
>
>> Hello Jerry,
>>
>> There are no handhelds with speech boards in existence. There are two
>> handhelds that are extremely accessible despite the lack of speech
>> boards.
>> The first is the Kenwood TH-F6A. This is a tri-band radio featuring
>> 144/222/440MHZ with general coverage receive from 150KHZ through 1.3GHZ
>> in
>> fm, wfm, am, ssb, and cw. The second is the IC-T90 from Icom. This
>> portable works on 50/144/440MHZ with general coverage receive. Icom
>> makes
> a
>> CW frequency readout for the T90. This rig is quite accessible as well.
> I
>> have been a happy TH-F6A owner since October of 2001. I know that there
> are
>> other F6A owners on this list as well as people who own the T90 so you
>> can
>> get lots of opinions on these two rigs. You can get lots of information
>> about the radios mentioned above at the I can work this thing webpage at
> the
>> following url:
>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:02 AM
>> Subject: Accessible handhelds
>
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