the ICt90 has the star 0 pound in the same configuration and no speech.
and what do you mean by it didn't have very good coverage? as in frequency 
coverage or tx performance?
i've never owned one so i don't really have much to offer as far as that 
goes.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: vx8 programming software?


> The only Yaesu radio I ever had was the VX5-R, and I hated it.  I didn't =
> like the configuration of the keypad which placed star zero pound in a =
> vertical arrangement on the right column of the keypad.  It also didn't =
> have very good coverage, and when I got on the VX5-R email list and =
> suggested adding speech as an option, I took quite a pounding from list =
> participants who didn't feel they should have to pay for something they =
> wouldn't use.  They forgot to take note of the key word, "Option," which =
> I made very clear.  But it was my thinking that if they could offer a =
> chip for a pedometer they could offer a speech chip.
> Harvey