No problem, Phil, and one of these days, we have to connect again on one 
of the local Denver area repeaters.

I forget which one we talked on before, but it'd be fun to do it again 
sometime.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: Kenwood V7a


> Don't know what happen to my reply, Tom, but I did get your message and
> saved it for future reference.  thanks for sending it again.
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:57 AM
> Subject: Fw: Kenwood V7a
>
>
>> Phil:
>>
>> If you tried to respond to my e-mail last night regarding the TMV7A, it
>> came
>> through as a bunch of computer junk that was unreadable.
>>
>> My original response is below.
>>
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "For blind ham radio operators" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: Kenwood V7a
>>
>>
>>    Phil:
>>
>> Sorry to hear about your frustrations.
>>
>> I used to have three TMV7A's--the displays for two of which ultimately
>> went
>> bad.
>>
>> I still have one of them yet, and can use it in a pinch, but it's not
>> worth
>> trying to get the display fixed.
>>
>> Save your money, and get a TMV71A when you can;  you won't regret it.
>>
>> I too have had similar problems calling Kenwood on the west coast, and
>> I've
>> heard that the Virginia repair center is much easier to deal with.
>>
>> Another thing you might do is contact Cliff Holland in Texas.
>>
>> I had him replace the finals in one of my TMV7A's a number of years ago,
>> and
>> was extremely satisfied with both his charges and his workmanship.
>>
>> Cliff's e-mail address is:
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> Good luck, and let us know if we can be of any more help.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 3:27 PM
>> Subject: Kenwood V7a
>>
>>
>> So, after not using my V7A for a long time due to my newer radio
>> application, I go to fire it up the other day and after reading from the
>> cheat sheets and manual and everything I could lay my hands on, I waited
>> till my young son got off work to read the display for the individual 
>> menu
>> changes I needed to make.  No display!  The dumb thing was dim and only
>> half
>> the display even worked.  I got a friend to walk me through the steps to
>> turn the brightness up and that did nothing.  Now I find out, Kenwood
>> admits
>> the display going out on the V7A models years ago was their biggest
>> problem.
>> I called Kenwood and listened to their 10,000 menus on the phone, finally
>> found what I thought I wanted, called that number, a kids who sounded 15
>> years old said, "What are you talking about."  It was the Kenwood ham
>> radio
>> west coast repair department and he didn't even know what radio I was
>> talking about.  What was I talking about; Icom radios?  Come on!  So,
>> since
>> he had the I Q of a grasshopper, he said, "I'll ring the guy who handles
>> that radio.  It rings 4 times, a female recording comes on and says, "You
>> have reached..." with a blank spot for a person name who handles those
>> calls, and then she says, "So leave your number and we will call you
>> back."
>> I left a message longer than the U S Constitution, hung up, dialed up the
>> website, type out a request email, and then when it saves and sends, it
>> says, "We will answer you in 3 to 5 days."  What?  You heard me.  In this
>> technological age of the internet, Kenwood can't answer emails about
>> repairs
>> for 3 to 5 days.  Ain't being a ham fun?  If I had the money, I'd get the
>> 71
>> but you know how that goes.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>>
>