I can think of nothing but good things to say about the tmv71A, 
particularly for
blind ops.
I will have one in a few days, and can hardly wait to check into 
nets, etc. with it. the wide range receiver is a treat along with all 
the rest it can do, run two speakers, one for each receiver and you 
can monitor two at the same time. You'd know which receiver comes in 
by the direction of the speaker, e.g. left hand for 2 meters and 
right hand for 440Mhz, or run both through the internal speaker.  The 
BGS1 speech board makes it possible to record the incoming signal as 
well as speak such things as channel number, frequency, PL tone 
number, state of either VFO or memory recall, call frequency, and much else.

there is a lot of material available for the Kenwood TMV71A around.


At 04:03 PM 04/21/13, you wrote:
>Hello good people:
>
>Does anyone have experience with the Kenwood tmv-71a fm transceiver, or =
>a vent-pipe antenna(pros, or cons).
>
>
>
>If so, I would be interested in your comments.
>
>73,
>
>
>
>David S. Pearson-wa4dsp