Hello,
I understand that you like your radio but I like the larger radios and find them easier to use.
I have never dropped my radio and I keep them in a small tote when I carry them.
I also use a Speaker Mic so I do not have to use the little one on the radios.
I do not care about the price of the Battery Pack because I am not interested in the smaller radio.
Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
----- Original Message -----
From: Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]>
,to3 [log in to unmask]
Date: Sunday, June 9, 2013 7:49 pm
Subject: Re: Touch screens
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>
> and some people swear by the comidor 64 too haha.
> For 45 bucks now you can get a dual band, full keypad handheld with some
> speech that is half the size of the ic02at or 470 ft. or standard 530.
> And trust me, the uv5r is just as well built too because I've dropped mine
> many many times and it still keeps on ticking without a hitch.
> Just the battery pack for the ic02 is nearly double that price these days.
> I had an ic02 I think it was with the 3 thumb wheels on the top and the 5K
> switch on the back along with the plus-minus and offset slider switches.
> But I was just learning back in those days and when the battery pack failed,
> I tried to connect the radio to 13.8 volts...b naturally, got it backwards
> and blew the diode out.
> I never did figure out how to bypass or replace the protection diode and so
> the radio went into the junk bin for several years, then into permanent ht
> valhalla hi.
> The receiver was a bit deaf on it anyway compared to even my ICt2H which is
> deafer than my other HT's.
> So, as long as your good and close to a repeater, and don't have much
> intermod, it works pretty well.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 4:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Touch screens
>
>
> > Actually Colleen, the FT-470 (and the later FT-530) were fantastic =
> > radios for blind ops. Excellent, in fact, and I wouldn't mind having one =
> > of them myself agdd=20
> > —
> > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV — Erie, PA
> > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 9, 2013, at 6:06 PM, COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> I have the Thumb Wheels notched.
> >> I also have a PL Board for the most common PL Tone in my area.
> >> I didn't know about the 02AT when I got my radio.
> >> My husband and I got these radios right when we were licensed.
> >> He has a Yaesu 470 Dual Bander because he can see the display.
> >> I got to have his radio notched too.
> >> Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Harvey Heagy <[log in to unmask]>
@> @>@> 1to#c [log in to unmask]
> >> Date: Saturday, June 8, 2013 12:23 pm
> >> Subject: Re: Touch screens
> >>=20
> >>>=20
> >>>=20
> >>> My first ever ham radio was the Icom 0-bAT which I liked very much. =
> > It by =20
> >>> keypad operated. I had friends who had the 2AT, but they had to file =
> > the=20
> >>> thumb wheels so that they could keep track of the input and output=20
> >>> frequencies. How do you handle that?
> >>> Harvey
> >>> ----- Original Message -----=20
> >>> From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 9:39 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: Touch screens
> >>>=20
> >>>=20
> >>> Hello,
> >>> I understand that a lot of people love Iphones and other touchscreen=20=
> >
> >>> Devices.
> >>> I would not feel comfortable with a Smartphone or Iphone because I do =
> > n=20
> >>> want to have to listen to all of that stuff and figure out what to =
> > do.
> >>> I like buttons to operate things. Personally, I do not care about all =
> > of=20
> >>> those Apps.
> >>> The only way I would consider a Smartphone is if all or most of the =
> > things I=20
> >>> would do could be done via a Braille Display.
> >>> That would include reading things with a Braille Display.
> >>> I definitely do not want a Touch Screen on my Radio because I would =
> > hit the=20
> >>> Panic Button too much if I thought I hit the wrong button.
> >>> We each have to choose the path we walk.
> >>> I have an Icom 2at with Thumb Wheels notched and a PL Board so I can =
> > use x=20
> >>> independently.
> >>> Colleen Roth, N8TNV=20
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