Well, Colin, whatever the case, it's a real improvement.

One of the things that always bothered me a bit about TMV7A's, and the older 
Kenwood rigs is a decreased sensitivity on the NOAA frequencies.

I suspect that they may have gotten some complaints or negative reviews on 
that score somewhere down the line.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Enhanced NOAA weather reception on new TMV71A


> it probably has something to do with the radio having better ability to 
> tune
> itself on frequencies other then the 144 to 148 range.
> Or, as you say, it might just have a more sensative fm receiver in it then
> previous kenwoods.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 10:13 AM
> Subject: Enhanced NOAA weather reception on new TMV71A
>
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> For anyone interested, I have noticed that the new Kenwood TMV71A seems 
>> to
>> have enhanced reception on the NOAA weather frequencies.  I'm not exactly
>> sure why they programmed the specific WX channels in the strange order
> that
>> they did, but the sensitivity and weather broadcast reception is
> phenomenal!
>>
>> At first, I thought that maybe it's just conditions in the late summer
>> months, etc., but the reception seems to be extra-ordinary at various
> times
>> of the day.
>>
>> This is especially important for me in my semi-rural location here in
>> west-central lower Michigan.
>>
>> And, a question:  Has anyone tried the weather alert function yet?  Is it
>> just a general alerting thing, or can you actually program 
>> county-specific
>> SAME codes into it?
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>>
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