Hmm, I'll have to read up on my THF6A and figure the PL out.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Kenwood V7a


> Most of the time I am hanging out and monitoring on 145.145 or 447.575 
> with
> a sub tone of 1072 on both machines.  Both those repeaters are on Squaw
> Mountain 30 miles southwest of Denver at 11,500 feet so they cover nearly
> the whole front range.  You'd never have any trouble hitting them and
> probably even with a handy talky.  I've got to reprogram this Kenwood V7A
> now but that won't take long, haw.
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Kenwood V7a
>
>
>>    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
>>>>
>>>
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