Colleen,
There is a good accessible ht in the field now. It's the Kenwood TH-F6A.
It covers 144/220/440 with general coverage receive. The menus have beeps
at specific locations. All functions are associated with tones that vary in
pitch as well indicating function, mode and ctcss/dcs.
Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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