well i don't know about the dual band ones but if i had to buy a 2 meter 
mobiole again, i'd go with the tmg271a  again, it was a great radio


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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007, John Miller wrote:

> 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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