Hi.
That's encouraging because the TMV71 is a radio that I have my sights set
on. A friend here in Rochester already has one and has been singing its
praises all over the place.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 12:26 AM 6/28/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Lou,
>
>Two of the easiest radios I've ever learned are the TS480 and the TM-V71A
>even though both are fairly complex in terms of the number of things they
>can do and the number of menus they have. I was able to figure out most of
>the controls on both radios without a cheat sheet by just pressing buttons
>and listening to what the VGS-1 said. Granted, I couldn't do much with the
>menus until I got the menu list from the manual, but I was still able to
>figure out basic things such as which button changed power, and which button
>was the function control, etc. It's true that we're pretty creative about
>finding workarounds when things aren't accessible, but I love it when I
>don't have to be creative in that way, and I really hate to have to give up
>that easy access once I have it.
>
>Steve
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 22:29
>Subject: Re: Kenwood ts-811 wanted
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I think a certain amount of that learning curve goes with not having the
> > luxury to stare at the front panel. I've noticed that it is distinctly
> > harder for me to learn a radio, or remember how to use a radio that I
> > haven't operated for a while than it used to be before my vision went and
> > I
> > could just look at the radio and generally figure things out from the
> > labeling of the buttons. To be honest, I think that has had more of an
> > impact on me than my age, although I'm not that old--turned 47 in January.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 06:43 PM 6/27/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >>I have got a ts-711 and you are right it is a nice radio. What I like
> >>about
> >>it is that there are not to many bells and whistles on it. Plus I am
> >>trying
> >>to get back in to SSB on 2 meters. But I thought I would like to do some
> >>weak signal work on UFH as well. If I had the 811 the learning curve
> >>would
> >>be just a little less. Believe it this old man needs that as much as
> >>anything.
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:21 AM
> >>Subject: Re: Kenwood ts-811 wanted
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi Bob.
> >>
> >>For what it is worth, although it will cost you an arm and a leg, both the
> >>voice board and the tone encoder for that radio are available from the
> >>PIEXX Company. It takes the TU5 tone board. I looked into that a couple
> >>of years ago when I was contemplating buying a Kenwood TS711/811 pair.
> >>The
> >>guy was asking $900 for the pair, and for the age I wasn't keen on
> >>spending
> >>that much, especially because I suspected that he might have had the
> >>golden
> >>screwdriver inside of it. I decided that I was halfway to the price of a
> >>Kenwood TS2000S (actually more than halfway time I bough two voice boards
> >>and two tone encoders), so I took the plunge and bought the TS2000S
> >>instead. That is the last TS811A I've seen.
> >>
> >>I had a Kenwood TS711A briefly a number of years ago, but the transmitter
> >>was very messed up on it--it would only put out about 4 watts. Nice
> >>radio,
> >>otherwise, but since I noticed the power level problem immediately, I sent
> >>it back and got my money back.
> >>
> >>73, de Lou K2LKK
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>At 05:10 AM 6/27/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >> >I am looking for a ts-811 and I have not had any luck on eBay so I =
> >> >thought that I would give it a try here. Of course the speech board =
> >> >would be nice has well but I can all ways get one and put in it. For =
> >> >the ones that don't know and are wondering the ts-811 is a UHF fix =
> >> >station all mode radio. =20
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> > Louis Kim Kline
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