The thing that really ticked me off about the TMV708 was that you couldn't
program it with a computer, at least so far as I knew.

I remember we picked one up at Dayton in 2002 for my son, and were very
disappointed to learn of the inability to program the rig after we got home.

Why Kenwood designed that rig like that has always been a mystery to me.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:21 PM
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Subject: Re: TMV7A Display Problem

Yep, that was it.  A E S had one and I was tempted trying them into trading
up as I had just bought a 707, but there was something strange about that
radio I didn't like.  I really don't remember any more, but the number
sounds right.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, John Miller wrote:

> The TM-g707 PL tones did talk. The one you're forgetting was the 
> tmd708 I think, and there might be another one. It was not out long, I 
> never used one, never knew anyone who used one and I know it was a 
> very short lived model.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 4:18 PM
> Subject: Re: TMV7A Display Problem
>
>
>> That is the way I remembered that one.  I was thinking there was 
>> another model bbetween the 7 and 71, but don't remember it, as I 
>> recall it didn't talk well if at all, it wasn't around long.  The 71 
>> is one very nice and good radio.  If it had 220, that would be cool, 
>> although no 220 here, really nothing much here except me and my own 
>> repeaters.  I think I have a 7 I suppose I could sell to a blind 
>> person,  not sure what it would be worth and I'd have to dig for it, 
>> still in a box I brought back from Vegas.  I liked the 707 well, 
>> think it used the vs3, but as I recall the pl tones did talk, not 
>> sure about that.  Only thing I had against that radi was it was one 
>> band at a time, but again, a very good radio.  The 71 is also very 
>> easy to open up for those interested in such things.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
>>
>>> Butch,
>>>
>>> You are correct.
>>>
>>> Early runs of the V7A up through a serial number that I forgot long 
>>> ago had a display that would fail.
>>>
>>> I owned one of those units for a few years. For some time, Kenwood 
>>> would replace the control head free of charge, but they no longer do 
>>> that.
>>>
>>> That problem aside, the TMV7A is very reliable, but the voice 
>>> feedback in its menus is more like that in the TS570 or TS2000, 
>>> since it uses the same voice chip as those radios.
>>>
>>> As I said above, the radio is very reliable. I bought mine used from 
>>> Anthony, W2AJV, who is on this list, in either 2003, or 2004. I sold 
>>> it to a local sighted ham after I bought my TMV71A in 2008. He still 
>>> checks into our local nets with it every week.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>