Howard,

I can only answer one of your questions, number 6: did you make a mistake 
buying this radio?  The answer is yes, it was a terrible mistake, please 
ship it to me postpaid and you will sleep better at night and won't get 
worry lines.

Just kidding of course, enjoy the new toy.

73, Steve  KW3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 3:18 AM
Subject: tm-v71


>I am apparently going to become the owner of the tm-v71 duel band radio.  I
> haven't been paying attention to the discussions concerning this radio.
> Well now I have lots of questions.
> 1.  Where can I get a good quality audio manual?  the one on
> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com doesn't qualify there.
> 2.  Has anybody made a pod cast tour of the radio like I did of the ts480?
> 3.  Do I need two antennas for cross band repeat, or is their a diplexer 
> in
> the radio?
> 4.  Has anybody set heir's up as an echo link node and do you have to run
> the radio on medium or low power to be safe?
> 5.  Is their anything to hear between 800 and 13000 mhz?
> 6.  Did I do the right thing by buying this radio?  No I don't expect
> anybody can really answer that one.  In explanation, I tend to think 
> buying
> 4 coax connectors is a big purchase.
>