Hi
    Well even full price it sounds like a good deal.  I'm in college right 
now so I'm counting my pennies, or I'd go for it!  I've always had a 
preference for Kenwood.  By the way does it have direct frequency entry, or 
do you have to scroll to the frequency like the icom I use now?
    That's pretty cool about WZ1K being part of your club too !
                    God bless,
                    Mark WZ0K

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: Kenwood TM-271


> It's 2 meters only, 2 power settings, 25 watts and 60, but you can request
> it be turned down and they'll do it, due to what I need a real mobile for
> around here I left it alone. I paid $154 for it on sale at HRO, price 
> might
> be back up $10 now but really, I'm putting it in the family car since my
> IC-27H is having problems with the encoder after all these years of being
> banged around so I bought this Kenwood to replace it and I'm glad so far.
> It's a solid radio. It has a real commercial feel to it and sounds great 
> on
> receive with the speaker on the front. I read the reviews on eham.net and
> figured it was just hype or something but now that I have one, the reviews
> can't do the sound justice, it's that good. Originally I was looking at 
> the
> ICV8000 but then a lot of them around here started breaking down, in fact
> all of the ones that use them regularly and the Kenwood's are still going
> and the owners love them. I programmed 47 memory channels with no software
> or anything, by myself and had no problem.  I have a text version of the
> manual I'll clean up and have available when I get a chance, might be over
> the weekend I'll clean it up and send it to icanworkthisthing.com
> BTW, I see your call is wz0k, I know Wz1k   he belongs to the club I'm now
> president of.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Kenwood TM-271
>
>
> Hi
>    It sounds good!
>    Could you tell me please about the bands it covers, power levels, price
> and so on.
>                    Mark WZ0K
>