thanks for the input.  Accounting (my wife) tells me to cut the budget in half for a new radio so am looking at the ft1500 or the kenwood 262 but have not found specs on the latter yet.  I would love an all mode as I enjoyed a Tempo VHFONE with the ssb adapter which I had the use of for about 3 months.  Wonderful driving about town listening to the OSCAR downlinks on 2 meters.  Ah well when I get the teen agers out possibly I can resume some fun with the radios.


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>>> Louis Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]> 02/28/02 04:11PM >>>
Hi Brett.

The TS-711 is a nice rig, probably one of the nicer all mode rigs that
Kenwood made.  It uses the VS-1 chip, and that would be a drawback if you
don't have access to one.  I used one when I still had enough vision to
read the display with the unaided eye, and I was very impressed with the rig.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 11:17 AM 2/27/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Anyone have experience with this one, pros cons etc.?  As I recall it =
>should be fairly accessible and a voice chip is available.
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