HI. good point. guess I'd better start saving up for one.
 

 

73.

 

Darren Duff.

Vice President,

Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.

http://www.cherokeehams.com <http://www.cherokeehams.com/> 

amateur radio station KK4AHX.

Cherokee county ares.

http://www. <http://www.cherokee-ares.org/> cherokee-ares.org

 

 

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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Anthony Vece
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 12:28 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Is there interest in buying a Kenwood TM-V7A



Why not just get a TMV71A.
The technology is a lot newer and, the speech chip says a whole lot more

73 de Anthony w2ajv


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On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:02 PM, KK4AHX Darren Duff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I could probably throw down $100 for 1. I don't have much to spend as
things
> are kinda tite now, But I've been wanting to get one of thees rigs for
some
> time now.
>
>
>
>
> 73.
>
>
>
> Darren Duff.
>
> Vice President,
>
> Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
>
> http://www.cherokeehams.com <http://www.cherokeehams.com/>
>
> amateur radio station KK4AHX.
>
> Cherokee county ares.
>
> http://www. <http://www.cherokee-ares.org/> cherokee-ares.org
>
>
>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:34 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Is there interest in buying a Kenwood TM-V7A
>
>
>
> THese radios didn't cost near $700, around $350 or  $400.  You can buy a
> new tmv71a for a little less than $400.  I don't know what he expects to
> get out of them, but I've seen them sell for $200 or less.  Just my two
> cents worth.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> xOn Sat, 28 Apr 2012, Ron Miller wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> A good ham friend of mine is contemplating selling two of his three
> Kenwood
>> TM-V7A radios. These are 2-meter/70-centimeter mobile rigs which
> originally
>> sold for about $700. I suspect a lot of you know more about them than i
> do.
>> I've wanted to get one for a long time but I had the "little brother" of
>> this radio, the TMG707A. The TM-V7A differs from the TMG707A in some
ways,
>> most importantly in that the TM-V7A has dual receive capabilities. Both
of
>> the units he wants to sell include the speech synthesizer board
installed.
>> they are in good condition but have been used as mobile rigs and, have
>> suffered the deterioration of their displays for which these radios are
>> known when used in mobile installations. the displays are difficult to
> read
>> now in sunlight or bright ambient light found in vehicles. They can still
> be
>> read but one must play with the contrast. Before he does a lot of
research
>> regarding price for these rigs, I'm posting an informal question to the
>> list: would anybody (anyboddies) be interested in purchasing one of these
>> rigs? If there's no interest at all, I'm going to let him know so he can
>> either not bother researching, or, maybe find local sighted hams to buy.
I
>> guess my thinking is I'd like to give the community of blind hams first
>> crack at these accessible, dual band rigs and my friend doesn't know
about
>> this list, so they would not be listed here otherwise.
>>
>>
>>
>> Okay, long enough ramble. Let me know what you all think.
>>
>>
>>
>> the EHam.net reviews of this rig can be found at:
>>
>> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/48
>>
>>
>>
>> Kenwood's info page about the rig is at:
>>
>> http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/tmv7.html
>>
>> Finally, there's an extensive amount of information specifically tailored
> to
>> the blind ham at the I Can Work this Thing site:
>>
>> http://icanworkthisthing.com/docs/amateur_radio/dual/index.shtml
>>
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron Miller
>>
>> N6MSAClearwater, Fl. USA
>>
>> SKYPE: arjay1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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