Hi butch 
I am not to worried about the power output of the radio. 
Just need a radio that operates easy in a car.
On the rallies we often travel on dirt roads and there is no time to fiddle
around.
I have worked Kenwood radio's before and found them quite easy to use even
with out speatch. 
Thanks for the advise
Jaco 
ZR6JLL
Centurion, South Africa

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:19 PM
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Subject: Re: please advise on accessable 2 meter radio

Why do you say 60 watts plus?  If you had a 40 watt radio and doubled it 
to 80, you only gain 3db, and I'd bet you couldn't hear the difference. 
Power is nice, but much over rated.  I on only use dual band radios 
these days and you can't beat the Kenwood tmv-71a.  Here is something to 
think about as far as power.  1 watt to ten watts, is a ten db gain, 
certainly noticeable.  to get that same gain again, you need to go 
another ten times, so you go from ten to 100 watts.  10 to 50 watts, is 
7 db gain, and that is certainly noticeable, but You have to make quite 
a jump from 50 watts to see any difference.
73
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
open Node 3148
Las Vegas


On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Jaco 
Lubbe wrote:

> I need a blind friendly 2 meter radio.
> At least 60 watts plus
> Must be a mobile radio.
> I will be using it for motor cross rallies.
> Please advise
> Jaco Lubbe
> Pretoria
> South Africa
> Call sign:  ZR6JLL
>
>