doubt if we even have a 440 repeater here, oh wait, no im sure we
don't..heck nobody ever uses the 2 repeaters this small town of a couple
thousand people thought they needed
course im not part of the club anymore so i am out of what has happened in
the last few years
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Baracco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: ht question
> my last radio was a Yaesu FY 470. However, here in L. A. 450 is
> almost useless unless you belong to a private system.
>
> Andy
> At 10:58 AM 4/15/2007, you wrote:
>>think my next radio well, this is a ways off but i think my next ht will
>>be
>>the f6a but i just need to figure out what i want for a mobile
>>i want a dual or tri band mainly because i have never been on 70cm or 6
>>meters
>>
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:54 PM
>>Subject: Re: ht question
>>
>>
>> > There are quite a few out there you can monitor 2 frequencies at once,
>> > THF6A, ICW32A, 1 of the yaesu HT's, vx6 or 7, I forget, some one was
>> > showing
>> > me his a few weeks ago, and I think the Kenwood THD7AG but don't hold
>> > me
>> > to
>> > that one. I want one but don't have it yet, it's a ways off, I want to
>> > pay
>> > some bills and then I'll be playing with with different radios all the
>> > time
>> > like I used to.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:48 PM
>> > Subject: Re: ht question
>> >
>> >
>> >> as i probably said before, the only yaesu i had was the ft23r back
>> >> somewhere
>> >> between 94 and 98, but i too would never get a yaesu, it was a good
>> >> radio
>> >> but it was a nightmare to figure out how to do anything, 6 little
>> >> buttons
>> >> on
>> >> the front of the ht to do everything but wash your dishes and i didn't
>> >> try
>> >> this but i think you could have dropped it out a 3rd story window and
>> >> not
>> >> break it, i liked you could monitor two freqs with it too but im sure
>> >> there
>> >> are many these days you can do that, or maybe not?
>> >>
>> >> msn email: [log in to unmask]
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>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:25 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: ht question
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> When I go out to grab something or what ever, I just grab the TH-F6A.
>> >>> probably half of what I do is special events with most of the other
>> >>> half
>> >>> being having the HT so I can tell when people are coming to pick me
>> >>> up
>> >>> for
>> >>> meetings and stuff, or going somewhere where the radio is in my
>> >>> pocket
>> >>> just
>> >>> in case. I may get another ICT90A for that down the road, but I don't
>> >>> think
>> >>> I'll ever again own another yaesu. Everyone I know just about who's
>> >>> got
>> >>> one
>> >>> recently, it's wound up in the shop at least once, and I never will
>> >>> like
>> >>> their audio or company attitude.
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:13 PM
>> >>> Subject: Re: ht question
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>I think something like the vx2r, as with most of the other micro
>> >>>>handhelds
>> >>>> that Yaesu has made, that they are perfect for grabbing off the
>> >>>> counter,
>> >>>> top
>> >>>> of the fridge, where ever and taking when you go for a walk, or go
>> >>>> to
>> >>>> run
>> >>>> errands or other run about activities where you just want a radio
>> >>>> with
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> repeaters and frreqs you most use in it and nothing else. Something
>> >>>> that
>> >>>> performs well and all that.
>> >>>> If you want a toy that you can set yourself with the front pannel,
>> >>>> that
>> >>>> has
>> >>>> all the bells and whistles and that is accessible, go with one of
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> icom
>> >>>> or kenwood HT's ICT90 or TH F6A.
>> >>>> Personally, now that I have the ICT90, while it is a really great
>> >>>> radio,
>> >>>> when i just go out for something quick and am not going to be gone
>> >>>> long,
>> >>>> i
>> >>>> grab the other HT because its just a matter of turning it on, and
>> >>>> selecting
>> >>>> the channel you want, of which there are only 4 anyway....quick and
>> >>>> dirty.
>> >>>> Same would be true for a vx2r or one of its family members. Just
>> >>>> something
>> >>>> easy to grab and nice and small so it'll fit in your shirt pocket or
>> >>>> hip
>> >>>> pocket and gives you the reliable communications you want or need
>> >>>> without
>> >>>> all the rest of the neat stuff the other hand helds offer.
>> >>>> So what if you can't instantly punch in a frequency or set a PL tone
>> >>>> or
>> >>>> offset or change the display brightness or set your squelch
>> >>>> threshhold.
>> >>>> All
>> >>>> of that is totally unnecesary if you have the main freqs already
>> >>>> programmed.
>> >>>> The only time you would ever need to change those in the field would
>> >>>> be
>> >>>> possibly during emergency ops or during some other special event in
>> >>>> which
>> >>>> case the icom or kenwood would be more appropriate.
>> >>>> 73
>> >>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:26 AM
>> >>>> Subject: ht question
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Has anyone on the list used the Yaesu vh2 ht? Its supposed to be
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>> smallest
>> >>>>> dual bander available. Its just over four ounces. My wife has
>> >>>>> taken
>> >>>>> a
>> >>>> shine to
>> >>>>> it but I'm concerned with being to operate it as tuning is via a
>> >>>>> dial
>> >>>>> and
>> >>>> I'm
>> >>>>> wondering about accessing things because of that.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Tom
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>> >>>>> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
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>> >>>> 9:36 PM
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
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