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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