A couple of dealers, ie, AES, are closing out the ADI 2 meter handheld at
under $100.  I bought one and it is OK.  Audio is a bit thin on
receive.  Comes with a wall charger and 12 volt battery - 750 MAH>  Three
power levels.

73

Bob Martin
KC3FI

At 05:55 AM 9/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello, Everyone,
>
>I find myself in an interesting position here.  Last weekend I purchased an
>Icom 706 at the local ham fest at what was a very good price but when I
>brought it home I learned from my xyl that she had somehow missed our August
>house payment and, especially since we're in the middle of a refinance, she
>had to pay two payments this month.  Ouch!  That one hurt a lot.  I find
>myself needing to rethink my radio choices in order to afford to keep the
>706.  Thus I am selling my VX-5R with its accessories and also the Radio
>Shack 212 I have at work with its power supply.  I don't use the handheld
>enough at this time in my life to worry much about selling it.
>
>But, the complication is that I just got named as leader of our local
>emergency response team.  It will be very difficult to act as team leader
>without a way to communicate during events.  So, after all that, here's my
>question to the group.  I want to find a very inexpensive handheld for 2
>meters only.  Can you suggest to me some model numbers which are fairly
>accessible and would put out five watts or so on high power?  Thanks very
>much to all of you and 73.
>
>Kevin, K7RX :)