Hi.

This is for Holly.

I spotted a Kenwood TR7930 used on the wegb site for The Ham Station, in 
Evansville IN.

They are asking $50, but it doesn't have the tone unit, so if they are 
using PL in your area, you'll have to get a suitable tone board.  A 
replacement for the original board can be had from the PIEXX Company of 
Hillsboro, NH.  That will push the price up to about $110.  You can also 
always go the route of putting one of the Communications Specialists PL 
encoders in the radio, and that would probably cut the price down a little, 
but you'll probably be locked into picking just one PL tone.  I believe the 
board that is made for that radio lets you set up 4 tones that you can 
choose between.

The TR7930 is an older radio made between 1983 and about 1987.  It didn't 
take a speech board, but it was keypad programmable and fairly 
accessible.  It is a 25 watt radio--a little less power than you were 
looking for, but powerful enough if you have an efficient antenna.

Hope this helps.

73, de Lou K2LKK



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