looks like batteries america now ships to Canada, who new lol.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
-----Original Message----- 
From: John Miller
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 6:30 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Kenwood TH-F6A HT

You can't get the batteries america battery shipped reasonably to Canada? I
have that for my IC-t90A and it works well as much as I use it. I don't use
it all the time but with all the events I do communications for and walking
with my family in the nicer weather, it comes out at times. Problem with it
is every time I use it I have to charge the battery first, let it sit for a
month or so and the battery's guarantied to be dead. I prefer commercial
radios but that one is usually there in case I need to make a frequency
change last minute to one I don't have in the commercial radio which does
happen.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Kenwood TH-F6A HT


> yeah it's a good radio...though mine is no where near as good a receiver
> as
> my baofeng GT3.
> The sensativity checks with a very very very high end piece of test
> equipment shows that the th F6A, both mine and another one specked out at
> around 0.18UV sensativity on VHF 2 meter band, and the baofeng GT3 specked
> out consistently at 0.12UV 12DB sinad on V and 0.11UV on UHF.
> So it's technically and audibly a better receiver, though perhaps not as
> good a radio for functionality.
> I still use mine on a daily basses though and the lithium battery is
> fantastic...still going strong and giving the same performance after 6
> years
> of daily and heavy use.
> Now, if only I could locate a decent battery, for a decent price, that
> ships
> to canada for the IC T90A...my preference far and above the th F6A for
> performance.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Pat Byrne
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:19 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Accessibility of Kenwood TH-F6A HT
>
> Richard,
> Absolutely acccessible.  As a totally blind guy I am very comfortable
> with the transceiver.  There is free Kenwood software which is nice
> also but I've always preferred to program mine from the front
> panel.  And yesm, DTMF.
> There is the new generation of Chinese, inexpensive handhelds which
> have some speech and are reputed to be pretty accessible but I've had
> almost no experience with them.  When all is said and done, the old,
> rugged, reliable Kenwood is a great way to go.
> Pat, K9JAU
> p s and there is a load of documentation at the usual sites.At 12:52
> PM 1/10/2015, you wrote:
>>Hi!
>>
>>
>>
>>Generally, I am wondering about how accessible this HT is?  Does anyone
>>have
>>some experience they can share?  What about PC software which may be used
>>to
>>program it; and which is accessible, of course?  Does this HT have DTMF
>>functionality for use with EchoLink (and other types) nodes?
>>
>>
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Richard KK6MRH