TH-F6A is the best small radio I've had, the HF receive isn't that great
with the stock antenna but I wouldn't expect it to be but for what I use it
for and have for the last almost 5 years, the thing will work great. I can't
say you went wrong, that's for sure. The ICt990A I had was good too but the
F6A, when it came to ham band performance, transmit especially, it blew it
away bad.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christy Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 9:37 PM
Subject: My first Hamfest!
> Well, my roommate and I decided to be super brave today, and went to a
> hamfest totally on our own. It was quite the experience, especially with
> the
> enormous crowds. I was hoping to just wander from booth to booth, seeing
> what they had, but it was way too crowded for that. I did end up finding a
> nice booth where I picked up a couple of HTs, and even a computer cable I
> could use with them. they are kenwood th f6a radios, very very nice from
> what I can tell, or at least will be once I figure out how to work the
> things. the instructions seem pretty straight forward, my only real
> problem
> is that sometimes the instructions and the actual results aren't lining
> up.
> I even got an adapter that will allow me to plug one of them up to my
> magmount if necessary. for now, it'll work if I need quick emergency
> access.
> This thing will even receive HF, supposedly at least, we'll see once I
> figure out how to scan with it. The second one will go to my roommate if
> she
> manages to get her license next month when I go to test for my general.
> I'm
> making her wait until she's licensed before I give it to her, she's not
> happy with me, but it's great motivation! Hehe.
>
> We did get a chance to meet a lot of really meat people, one particular
> person even stayed with us for a good hour and a half, making sure we got
> what we needed and found someone to help us get a cab home. So I'm a lot
> more broke than I want to be, but have no plans for any new purchases any
> time soon.
>
> Christy, KI4GYH
>
>
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