Hi Anthony.

Most of the day to day things that I need to do are straightforward
enough.  Setting up PL's are not that easy, but the radio has 60 memories,
which are enough to load every conceivable repeater in the area.  I use the
cloning software to load up the memories and just click through them.

The one disappointing thing is that this radio does not allow me to monitor
both bands the way that my old Standard C528A did.  Now, there was a really
great radio.


However, for my purposes, this radio works well, and I have been pretty
happy with it, even with the limitation that I can only listen in one place
at a time.  I truthfully only used the dual receive on the Standard HT
occasionally anyway.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 10:03 PM 10/18/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Lou;
>
>Does that radio monitor both bands at the same time and, how user friendly
>is it.
>
>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 9:40 PM
>Subject: Re: external antennas with handhelds
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I avoided the purchase of the THF6A and the IC-T90 just because they use
> > SMA connectors, and I wanted something with a BNC.  I bought a used Icom
> > IC-T7H from one of the fellows on the list, and while it is not broadband
> > to the extent that the THF6A is, I have been very happy with it, and it
> > has
> > proven to be a reliable little radio.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 04:04 PM 10/17/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Hello again folks.
> >>
> >>Moments ago, I finished a conversation with an electrical engineer who
> >>seems
> >>to know a lot about the design of current, multi-band handhelds. He tells
> >>me
> >>that, electronically, designers now have the ability to build broadband,
> >>output circuits that will accommodate spreads in frequency as wide as 50
> >>mhz
> >>to 500 mhz, thus allowing for any antenna that is close to 50 ohms and
> >>reasonably resonant. He echoed the comments of several people here,
> >>lamenting the rather fragil sma connectors, now on most of the modern
> >>equipment. His suggestion was to purchase a cable, the length to be
> >>specified by the customer, from a company that puts a sma connector at one
> >>end and a selectable connector at the other, the cable itself, apparently
> >>quite robust but rather thin and flexible. He's going to look for the name
> >>of this company and get back to me. I'll pass it along for anyone
> >>interested.
> >>
> >>Thanks to all who contributed to the discussion. I now feel a bit easier
> >>about attaching something a little more efficient than the bendable gadget
> >>that comes with the handheld.
> >>
> >>73's.
> >>
> >>Jerry
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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> > Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753
> >

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