Hey Colin, have you ever got to play with the Anytone AT-5888UV at all? (I haven’t)
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Aug 27, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I would actually prefer the uv5r at a public service event simply because 
> it's cheap, and if it gets dropped, broken, wet or other wize made to be 
> non-working, your out 40 bucks and not 300.
> The stock battery is also a very good one and will last all day with use 
> such as seen at a public service event.
> It's a very robust little handheld and certainly more suited to commercial 
> or field work than most amateur hand helds.
> It's also fairly light compared to say the th f6a or ict90a.  This is a 
> consideration when you have it hanging on you all day or for those times 
> when you do drop it...it'll tend to bounce rather than crash like the 
> heavier kenwood or icom.
> It's as reliable, or perhaps more so, than either the kenwood or icom...I 
> have all 3 so I do speak from experience.
> Actually, if your running close simplex, or are near to a good repeater, the 
> uv3r is my prefered radio...it's very small, rugged and will go all day on 
> the little 3.7V battery at 2 watts.
> Put a shorty antenna on it, and the thing is smaller than your average sell 
> phone.
> 
> The ict90a and thf6a are certainly more feature packed and have more bands 
> and the wide band receiver etc.  So, if you need all that while sitting on 
> one frequency at some event then I guess it's better.
> The receiver is slightly better in the UV5R than the thf6a.  It's prone to 
> less intermod as well which can be a consideration for pure noise purposes 
> while in the field.
> 
> I still use my th f6a on occasion, but most of the time, the uv5r is my go 
> to radio for around the house and when I'm out and about.
> I don't use 220, and I certainly don't listen to much outside the 2m and 
> 70cm ham bands on something like a handheld.
> Yes, the kenwood and icom models have HF receive, with ssb on the kenwood, 
> but it's utterly useless with a rubber duck antenna anyway.
> The uv5r has full commercial rx and tx on vhf and UHF, so you've got the 
> option to listen/transmit on gmrs/frs frequencies as well if needed at 
> public service events...or on the MURS or whatever.
> 
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 12:51 PM
> Subject: hand-helds
> 
> 
>> Hi;
>> Just have to ask what if anything does the kenwood thf6a that has been
>> very popular offer over these new very low priced hand helds?  For some
>> of the prices I've seen it would hardly be worth repairing one.  The
>> kenwood thf6a is drastically more expensive and not sure what one gets
>> for all that cash.  Has to be putting a dent in the sale of handhelds by
>> kenwood icom and yaesu.
>> 
>> -- 
>> richard