Well, you don't *need* the external keypad for the 706, it helps but it
doesn't fit in my portable setup so I guess I won't have it when I use it on
vacation and places like that, maybe though we'll see. If you know who to
talk to at HRO, you're in good shape, I never liked people at AES in the
past.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: radio differences
> Hi Butch;
>
> Let me tell you, none of these companies are really interested in what the
> products do or how they work.
>
> When the ICOM 706 came out, even before the after-market touchtone pad
> came
> out, I spoke with one of the salesmen at HRO.
>
> He told me I would have no problems using the radio because it has
> provisions for a speech synthesizer.
>
> I mean it was obvious that all the bum wanted to do was sell a radio.
>
> Most of these people, with very few exceptions, are taught to sell this
> way.
>
> The bottom line is that you need to do your homework because, it just
> comes
> down to who sells the most.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:08 PM
> Subject: Re: radio differences
>
>
>> Hi Butch.
>>
>> My recent experience with AES is that you need to know your stuff and
>> know
>> exactly what you are looking for, because they are not that well versed
>> on
>> what does what, and sometimes not even on what accessories go with a
>> particular radio.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>> At 04:45 PM 2/18/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>>I'll probably keep the tmv-7a, but I'm more than a little disappointed in
>>>a e s here in Vegas. When I was looking at radios, I asked the sales
>>>people repeatedly what the differences were between this one which was
>>>being discontinued and the tmv-708a. They repeatedly told me only the
>>>display. Today I find ethere is a great deal of difference in receive
>>>coverage. 708 covers 118 to 1.2 gig and 7v covers 118 to 174 and 320 370
>>>or something like that. I called a e s and they said if it looked like
>>>new they would take it back for a 15% restocking otherwise all they would
>>>allow for this radio, 2 weeks old, $150.00 In retrospect I should have
>>>made them dig out the manuals, but I assumed they knew their products.
>>>I'd probably have paid the difference at the time for the extra receive
>>>for the mobile. Live and learn!!!
>>>73s
>>>Butch Bussen
>>>wa0vjr
>>
>> Louis Kim Kline
>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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