it's been steadily dropping for a while.
how low does it need to get before one can't use that excuse anymore?
like saying you won't buy an lcd big screen until they cost the same as a 24 
inch tube tv.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Kenwood TS2000


>
> When they drop the price on those digital radios, I'll check them out.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray T. Mahorney" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Kenwood TS2000
>
>
>> were that the case Icomm would not have just released 2 new DSTAR radios
>> With systems coming on
>> line almost weekly that cannot be taken as a sign of waning interest.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:18
>> Subject: Re: Kenwood TS2000
>>
>>
>> Actually, if you can find the highest memory used, while in memory mode,
>> go
>> back to VFO, hit the function button, turn the tuning dial up one click
>> and
>> hit the memory button, congrats, you just put the frequency in the next
>> open
>> memory. I'm not putting money in a DStar radio because I still say it 
>> will
>> never last especially now that icom themselves are going another route
>> with
>> their commercial stuff and I can even see the very little interest there
>> was
>> around here fading very fast.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ray T. Mahorney" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 1:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: Kenwood TS2000
>>
>>
>>> I've still got the THF6A which I must say I have not used since I got 
>>> the
>>> 92AD DSTAR handheld
>>> one of the things the THF6A has going for it is its comparative ease of
>>> operation from a
>>> blind/low vision user standpoint.  There may be a few who disagree but 
>>> if
>>> you are practiced most
>>> of the primary functions you'd be likely to interact with on a regular
>>> basis can be accessed
>>> without need of sight or software.  If I have a complaint it's with
>>> finding an empty memory
>>> channel to load unfortunately that cant be done with the keypad so you
>>> have to remember what the
>>> last memory channel you programmed was and count turns and hope like 
>>> hell
>>> that dial don't go
>>> screwy on you or that you don't forget your place.  From a transmit
>>> standpoint the damn thing
>>> sounds like a box which is what it is but for a box the transmit audio 
>>> is
>>> listenable.  It's a
>>> tri-band radio and you can only monitor 2 bands at a time but if you can
>>> find a THF6A it will be
>>> worth your money and time.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: "Ray T. Mahorney" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 01:50
>>> Subject: Re: Kenwood TS2000
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, for 2 and 440, and what ever, the kenwoods are always good 
>>> choices,
>>> the ICT90 is my primary HT for those bands right now since I wore out my
>>> THF6 and have yet to afford a new one, I plan to fix that before I go on
>>> vacation though, I suppose if you don't mine the commercial radio
>>> syndrome,
>>> of program it and never be able to change much with out software, which
>>> I'm
>>> getting used to with 900 MHz since that's all there is is commercial
>>> gear,
>>> anything can be programmed with a computer these days, but with out 
>>> sight
>>> most radios are very hard, if not impossible to make many changes to, 
>>> and
>>> I
>>> know a few people who won't try it who can see the radio because they're
>>> so
>>> crazy these days. The Kenwoods and Icoms seem to be preferred there
>>> honestly, I seem to notice more people not afraid to play with those
>>> radios
>>> than anything else.
>>