Kenwood TH-F6A is a good hand held, any Kenwood one or the Icom IC-T90A. I'm 
the same way, I much rather HF but run a lot of traffic nets and am active 
in RACES, ARES, Skywarn, and a lot of local events so I have the UHF/VHF 
radio on all the time in case I'm needed but if I have my choice and want to 
have fun, I go for that HF radio every time I can. I even have an Icom 706 
in my go kit that I can set up fast to have fun with away from home.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 5:02 PM
Subject: multi band radio


> Probably looking to go as cheap as I can since I don't plan to use the
> repeaters that long.  I am more interested in DX.  a handheld wouldn't
> be a bad idea.
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