Yes, they had the first  handheld as well.

>>> Lynn Rosenberg <[log in to unmask]> 07/13/01 05:24PM >>>
No Yausu made the first duel bander hand held.  It even listed in the manual
codes to open up the radio to use out of band.  Lynn Rosenberg

----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: ft727 and.....


> I  thought kenwood made the first dool band hand held. Or was that the
> first dool band mobile. Darn.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynn Rosenberg" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 5:03 PM
> Subject: Re: ft727 and.....
>
>
> > Yes they were great radios.  That was the first handheld duel bander.
> Don't
> > know anything about they're moble radios with speech chips.  Never
> used a
> > Yausu moble radio.  Lynn Rosenberg
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Brett Winchester <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 10:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: ft727 and.....
> >
> >
> > > great Radio.  I had one of these. =20
> > >
> > > What was the mobile that Yaesu brought out just prior to that one
> that was
> > =
> > > the first dual bander on the market?  I have one but cannot recall
> the =
> > > model number.  At any rate I could be looking for a speech module
> for that
> > =
> > > one but again not sure which one it takes.  My lamps on the display
> are =
> > > gone and the up down buttons have broken also so a bit tricky to use
> but =
> > > otherwise works fine.  The speech chip  would be nice as my memory
> is =
> > > faulty about what is where on that one as I use it so infrequently.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any ideas.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank You!
> > >
> > > BRETT K WINCHESTER  PM  KD7JN
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