Hi I spend nearly all my time on 2 meters between about 6 different repeaters in the area. However, with my vertical I can talk simplex to Belleville, Illinois, which is about 25 miles. I get on 440 occasionally, but not a lot. Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: Re: New Radio What bands do you normally operate on? I'd like to play around with 33 CM on 900 MHz. That's another band that I have heard no activity on from hams. On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Kristine Hickerson wrote: > Hi John, > > Well, as I said, I could do without the 220. The other stuff is far more > important to me. > > I just think it would be so cool to have a 2 meter rig with speech. My > old > THX242, of course, doesn't have it and it also has a bunch of stuff that > is > not at all accessable. > > I think it's time for an upgrade. > > 73 > Kris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 1:46 PM > Subject: Re: New Radio > > > Well, for a duel bander, the Kenwood TM-G707A can do what you want, only > thing it doesn't have is 220 and that's hard to find in anything these > days. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kristine Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:08 PM > Subject: New Radio > > > > Hi All, > > > > Well, I'm considering the purchase of a new radio, and, since mine is > > about > > 8 years old, I'd like some feedback on the latest and greatest models. > > I would like to have the following features in a mobile unit that I can > > use > > as a base station. > > > > 1. Speech for all functions, if possible. > > > > 2. One which will search and locate PL tones and put them in for you. > > > > 3. One where I can program the memories and easily scan both the preset > > memories or the entire band. > > > > 4. Not an absolute requirement, but 144, 220 and 440 would be nice. > > I'd > > settle for a duel bander if not a tri-band. We have considerable 440 > > activity around here, but there is quite a bit over in the St. Louis > > area. > > With my 2 meter vertical I can talk quite a ways over into missouri even > > though I'm about 35 miles east in Illinois. > > > > Any recommendations. I particularly like Kenwood, but I know Icom makes > > good gear, too. I'd rather stay away from Yaesu. > > > > Thanks. > > > > 73 > > Kris Hickerson > > Highland, IL > > E-Mail: [log in to unmask] > > Ham Call: WB9SLM > > >