Why is it udeless?
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Andy Baracco
Sent: 15 April 2007 19:37
To: [log in to unmask]
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]
> >> Visit my decor and gifts store at
> >> http://nifty.selfip.net/~matt/decore/index.php .
> >> Please visit my computer building website for custom and already built
> >> not
> >> name brand computers at
http://nifty.selfip.net/~matt/computer/index.php
> >>
> >> ----- 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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> >>>>> 4/14/2007
> >>>> 9:36 PM
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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