Hi
I have an Icom that is about 5 years old. It is almost totally in
accessible. I have thought of getting a different rig for 2 meters but I
spend my cash other places. At least my Kenwood HF rig is accessible.
God bless,
Mark WZ0K
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From: "Richard Webb" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: Kenwood 271a, was ICOM 2720!!!
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> jOhn wrote:
> >no 2 m mobile is made better than the Kenwood TM-271A on the market
> >today or as long as I've been a ham. The thing is solid and a
> >workhorse besides for a lot of people I know that have them, I
> >recommend them to anyone. -----
> NOt familiar with this one. Hope it's better than my 261a I
> have in my van. INaccessible in any sense of the word, no
> way to independently (without sighted assistance) set ctcss
> tone etc. rEal pain in the backside.
>
> Mine also has a problem with transmit whenever it gets warm.
>
> It'd take that Icom 2720 over it, at least it worked.
>
> Btw the internal speakers on the 2720 weren't great as
> mentioned by another poster. I provided them a couple of
> those little radio shack mobile speakers for it, one for
> each side. THat improved the receive audio 100 percent.
>
>
>
> Richard WEbb,
> Electric SPider Productions,
> Eads Tennessee
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