Any of the Kenwoods are accessible, 2 meters or 2 and 440, the duel banders 
have speech read out for frequency and in some cases PL tone, like the 
tmg707A. The TM-271A doesn't, it's a 2 meter only radio, but beyond that, 
it's the easiest to use 2 meter radio I've ever seen. I'm thinking about 
buying a third one. It looks, after putting a watt meter on my spare radio 
in the house, and my packet radio, like that TM271 I have in the go kit will 
end up on packet since on the packet radio and another spare the power's way 
down. Anyway, I like the radio enough to buy another one for my go kit if I 
have to use the one in there now on packet, that should say something for 
it. I have another one in the mobile. When we got lost on a trip a little 
over a month ago, I was able to scan, find a frequency, get the tone by a 
search and get help no problem.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: Accessible 2m or Dual band mobiles?


> Hi.
>
> I am wondering what is around these days for accessible 2 meter mobile
> equipment or 2 meter and 70 cm dual band mobile radios?  My sister, Darla,
> currently has my old Kenwood TW4000A after hers developed problems because
> of a spent lithium battery, and she has a birthday coming up in just under
> 4 weeks.  My thinking is that with the myriad of PL tones in use in our
> area, the TW4000A doesn't really cut it anymore, even if I could find
> someone willing to change out the battery.  I would let her just continue
> to use my old one as I am not using it at all, but we discovered that mine
> appears to have low output.
>
> So my question is "what is presently available for new equipment that is
> accessible for programming frequencies and PL tones?"  I am thinking that
> the TM-G707A would have made a good candidate, but I think they are all
> gone now, as I don't see them on anyone's web sites any longer.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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