You can't go wrong with an F6A.
As far as a mobile rig, if you can get a TM-G707A or, if you can find a TM-V7A, you'll be in good shape.
I see them on this list from time to time.
73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: matt V
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Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] ht question
think my next radio well, this is a ways off but i think my next ht will be
the f6a but i just need to figure out what i want for a mobile
i want a dual or tri band mainly because i have never been on 70cm or 6
meters
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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: ht question
> There are quite a few out there you can monitor 2 frequencies at once,
> THF6A, ICW32A, 1 of the yaesu HT's, vx6 or 7, I forget, some one was
> showing
> me his a few weeks ago, and I think the Kenwood THD7AG but don't hold me
> to
> that one. I want one but don't have it yet, it's a ways off, I want to pay
> some bills and then I'll be playing with with different radios all the
> time
> like I used to.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: ht question
>
>
>> as i probably said before, the only yaesu i had was the ft23r back
>> somewhere
>> between 94 and 98, but i too would never get a yaesu, it was a good radio
>> but it was a nightmare to figure out how to do anything, 6 little buttons
>> on
>> the front of the ht to do everything but wash your dishes and i didn't
>> try
>> this but i think you could have dropped it out a 3rd story window and not
>> break it, i liked you could monitor two freqs with it too but im sure
>> there
>> are many these days you can do that, or maybe not?
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: ht question
>>
>>
>>> When I go out to grab something or what ever, I just grab the TH-F6A.
>>> probably half of what I do is special events with most of the other half
>>> being having the HT so I can tell when people are coming to pick me up
>>> for
>>> meetings and stuff, or going somewhere where the radio is in my pocket
>>> just
>>> in case. I may get another ICT90A for that down the road, but I don't
>>> think
>>> I'll ever again own another yaesu. Everyone I know just about who's got
>>> one
>>> recently, it's wound up in the shop at least once, and I never will like
>>> their audio or company attitude.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: ht question
>>>
>>>
>>>>I think something like the vx2r, as with most of the other micro
>>>>handhelds
>>>> that Yaesu has made, that they are perfect for grabbing off the
>>>> counter,
>>>> top
>>>> of the fridge, where ever and taking when you go for a walk, or go to
>>>> run
>>>> errands or other run about activities where you just want a radio with
>>>> the
>>>> repeaters and frreqs you most use in it and nothing else. Something
>>>> that
>>>> performs well and all that.
>>>> If you want a toy that you can set yourself with the front pannel, that
>>>> has
>>>> all the bells and whistles and that is accessible, go with one of the
>>>> icom
>>>> or kenwood HT's ICT90 or TH F6A.
>>>> Personally, now that I have the ICT90, while it is a really great
>>>> radio,
>>>> when i just go out for something quick and am not going to be gone
>>>> long,
>>>> i
>>>> grab the other HT because its just a matter of turning it on, and
>>>> selecting
>>>> the channel you want, of which there are only 4 anyway....quick and
>>>> dirty.
>>>> Same would be true for a vx2r or one of its family members. Just
>>>> something
>>>> easy to grab and nice and small so it'll fit in your shirt pocket or
>>>> hip
>>>> pocket and gives you the reliable communications you want or need
>>>> without
>>>> all the rest of the neat stuff the other hand helds offer.
>>>> So what if you can't instantly punch in a frequency or set a PL tone or
>>>> offset or change the display brightness or set your squelch threshhold.
>>>> All
>>>> of that is totally unnecesary if you have the main freqs already
>>>> programmed.
>>>> The only time you would ever need to change those in the field would be
>>>> possibly during emergency ops or during some other special event in
>>>> which
>>>> case the icom or kenwood would be more appropriate.
>>>> 73
>>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:26 AM
>>>> Subject: ht question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone on the list used the Yaesu vh2 ht? Its supposed to be the
>>>> smallest
>>>>> dual bander available. Its just over four ounces. My wife has taken
>>>>> a
>>>> shine to
>>>>> it but I'm concerned with being to operate it as tuning is via a dial
>>>>> and
>>>> I'm
>>>>> wondering about accessing things because of that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>>>>> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
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