John,
For my money, using just about any external speaker is better than using
the built-in one, which is ok if you have nothing else, I guess. The
speaker enclosures in most radios are so small that they make the speakers
sound muffled and metallic at the same time.
Steve
On Monday 11/22/04 18:24 John Miller wrote:
>It put outs 5 on low, 10 med, and on high, 50 watts on 2 meters, 35 on 440.
>As for the speaker, the built in one is alright, but I use a radio shack
>mobile speaker for CB radios and stuff, cost me about $15 and for any FM
>radio, any band, it's always been so much better then anything else I could
>think of using so I use that, but the built in speaker isn't bad though. I
>just like the radio shack speaker a lot better.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kristine Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 4:57 PM
>Subject: Re: New Radio
>
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > What is the output power? I did some reading about it, but all they said
> > was that it had hi, med, and lo power output.
> >
> > Also is it necessary to buy the matching speaker or does it have a
> > suitable
> > built-in speaker?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Kris
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: New Radio
> >
> >
> > I use the TM-G707A every day on 2 and 440 and have no complaints at all.
> > I've had it for 2 or 3 years now and it's served me well with the VS-3
> > board
> > in it it speaks everything I need. Menus would be nice but that's easy
> > enough to figure out with out speech and I never use them anyway, that's a
> > set once and forget it thing.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kristine Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: New Radio
> >
> >
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>
> >
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