That is so true.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: Commercial mobiles and HT's
> There is no comparison between commercial radios and hammy stuff. You get
> what you pay for.
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 8:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Commercial mobiles and HT's
>
> About all I run on VHF/UHF, what little I do on those bands, is on
> commercial radios though I never pay that much for them. They just
> outperform the ham equipment and all I use them for is public service, I
> rather have the performance rather than the bells and whistles. I have one
> ham HT but hardly use it, it's nice if I need to make a last minute
> frequency change so I do bring it to those events but seldom use it, in an
> A/B comparison, my commercial Kenwood TK-280 blows it away on receive and
> transmit.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 9:07 PM
> Subject: Commercial mobiles and HT's
>
>
>>I have been asked which radios I bought in lieu of hammy mobiles and HT's.
>> My two Kenwood mobiles are TK7180(VHF), and TK8180(UHF). The Motorola
>> mobiles are CDM1550, and the HT's HT1250. I got pretty prices on the
>> Kenwoods because one of the members in my Cactus Intertie affiliate of
>> which
>> I was president for 11 years, owns a two way radio business serving both
>> commercial and governmental customers. One thing that I should have said
>> is
>> that the Kenwood mobiles have an optional voice board. I think that each
>> of
>> the radios, with the optional voice board, cost me around $750. The
>> Motorola mobiles and HT's were bought for me by another friend who
>> installs
>> and services the radios in all of the Phoenix area fire departments.
>> While
>> I don't remember exactly what they ran me, it was pretty steep. And of
>> course, you have to buy the programming cables and software, so you got
>> to
>> be fairly serious about buying commercial radios instead of hammy ones.
>> BTW, the Motorola HT's were what I used in the now famous demolition
>> derby
>> experience I had, and about which I wrote an article in the Braille
>> Monitor.
>> I was a bit surprised that they wanted to publish the article in light of
>> the fact that I am not a member of the NFB, or any other blindness
>> related
>> outfit.
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>> Alan R. Downing
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>> Phoenix, AZ
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