The worst fan I've ever heard was the fan on my Yaesu 980, that was many 
years ago, but it sounded like a jet air plane taking off.  The 2000 fan 
is a bit noisy, but I really don't notice the noise on my v71 at all.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On 
Mon, 2 Jun 2008, John Miller wrote:

> I've heard a lot of other radios that were a lot worse over the years.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: TMV71A Question
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> You're probably just used to it by now.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 07:38
>> Subject: Re: TMV71A Question
>>
>>
>>> TM-G707A fan isn't noisy in mine. I'm setup in the corner of my bedroom
>>> and
>>> that radio is on packet, and running a lot and I hardly hear the fan when
>>> it's dead quiet in here at night. Figure my PBBS gets used a lot and I
>>> beacon every half hour and I hardly even hear it anymore. TS-2000, that
>>> fan
>>> is a bit louder and can annoy me sometimes but then, try a computer with
>>> 7
>>> fans in it and no single fan will bother you ever again.  lol
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 12:23 AM
>>> Subject: Re: TMV71A Question
>>>
>>>
>>>> Just curious.  Does the gmv-71a have a noisy fan like the tmg-707?  I
>>>> really like that little radio, but the fan does kind of bug
>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Don w6smb
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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>