Of course, there’s nothing (short of a radio) stopping you from working 6 meters and part of 10 meters right now, as you’ll no doubt recall from your test. Or 15, 40, or 80 if you learn the code.
On May 17, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Jeff Busch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, I do indeed understand those differences you mentioned, especially=20
> the power issue. I think it's obvious comparing an HT to the Kenwood=20
> is like comparing a Caddy to a Volkswagen bug! But as I said in my last=20
> post, I want to be able to work other bands other than the 2-metre and=20
> 4-40 once I receive general cert and I thought perhaps one of these=20
> bigger rigs would allow me that opportunity! I guess it's not so much=20
> in the rig but in the antenna set up!
> Jeff
> KC9UIE!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]>
> To: BLIND-HAMS <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sat, May 17, 2014 10:50 am
> Subject: Re: kENWOOD QUESTION
>
> Good grief!!! You don't know the advantages over a 5 watt ht versis a=20
> 50
> watt radio with internal speaker, touchtone microphone and oh yes,=20
> voice
> readout of all functions. This is like saying what is the difference
> between an apple and an orange. Many hts are prone to intermod, don't
> have near the audio output on receive, certainly much much lower power=20
> on
> transmit. The main advantage of an ht is its portability. I guarantee
> you with a tmv71a mobile or on an outside base antenna, you'll hit a=20
> lot
> more repeaters than with an ht. Sure, you can hook up an ht to these,=20
> but
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> you're back to the possible overload and intermod problem.
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