The ICV8 is no longer being made, the ICV82 is what replaced it and is still
out for a while.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: easy ht to use
> Oh no, I bought one brand new and in the box at a ham fest here in June.
> It
> covers just the 2 meter band, and to answer the question about apco25
> Jeff,
> you have to get commercial gear for that, yes. That's really the problem
> with digital anything, it's going to cost money to get into.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Baracco" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: easy ht to use
>
>
>>i thought it was no longer being manufactured.
>>
>> Andy
>> At 07:12 PM 10/21/2007, you wrote:
>>>The Icom ICV82 worksrather well for blind people, I know because I have
>>>one
>>>and use it, it's relatively simular to the 202 as far as programming if
>>>you
>>>don't get the d-star board for it.
>>>73,
>>>Chris, w8cjs
>>>Web site,
>>>www.w8cjs.com
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:10 PM
>>>Subject: Re: easy ht to use
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi, I was going to suggest the Kenwood, and it is a nice radio, but it
>>> > still is and was a lot of money, and of course Radio Shack no longer
>>> > makes
>>> > HTs, so if it worked fine before the battery became toast I would
>>> > suggest
>>> > getting a new battery pack fo it.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Tracy Son wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hello Listers.
>>> >> My old radioshack ht202 battery pack went south and will not charge
>>> >> any
>>> >> more
>>> >> so in the garbage the battery went.
>>> >> The radio is so old I hate to get another pack for it and then have
>>> >> the
>>> >> radio stop working 4 months later.
>>> >> What is a good easy 2 meater or dool bander radio that is user
>>> >> friendly.
>>> >> I thought about the kenwood tryband ht but it's to much money to pay
>>> >> for
>>> >> an
>>> >> ht.
>>> >> Thank you.
>>> >> Tracy Son.
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> >> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 20:31
>>> >> Subject: Re: ic7000
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > I'm coming to think I'm very lucky. I'm in a residential area and
>>> >> > no
>>> >> > one's
>>> >> > ever home and I have berry little noise around here. It is more now
>>> >> > than
>>> >> > it
>>> >> > used to be but it's really pretty quiet around here. Not like on
>>> >> > vacation,
>>> >> > but nothing will ever be like that again for me I'm sure. It was a
>>> >> > hole
>>> >> > street of summer places with a few year round places way down, my
>>> >> > radio
>>> >> > was
>>> >> > so quiet there you'd think the RF gain was way down or something I
>>> >> > mean,
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > lightest hiss was about it but when there was a station in there, I
>>> >> > could
>>> >> > really pull them out easy. Not like that here, but from talking to
>>> >> > people,
>>> >> > I
>>> >> > am real lucky and I think most of that is the fact no one's ever
>>> >> > around
>>> >> > out
>>> >> > here. I suppose I'd better enjoy it while it lasts.
>>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> > From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> >> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:47 PM
>>> >> > Subject: Re: ic7000
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> Hi.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I'm getting so many local noise sources around here that it
>>> >> >> doesn't
>>> >> >> really
>>> >> >> matter what I put on HF--I can't hear anything anyway. It seems
>>> >> >> like
>>> >> >> I
>>> >> >> am
>>> >> >> getting a lot of digital crud from home consumer devices in
>>> >> >> neighbor's
>>> >> >> houses. I sat up last night with the Sony ICF2010 and the HF
>>> >> >> listening
>>> >> >> was
>>> >> >> pretty bad.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Unfortunately, the group I used to go out with for Field Day has
>>> >> >> folded
>>> >> >> up,
>>> >> >> so I don't really have much of a reason to maintain a "go" pack.
>>> >> >> II'm
>>> >> >> hashing over whether or not I want to keep the Icom 706 Mk IIg
>>> >> >> station
>>> >> >> or
>>> >> >> whether it is time to cash it in.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>> >> >>
>>> >>
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