I watch my connectors very closely and when they come loose as they all have
in the radios I've kept for a long time, I quickly tighten it up again and
I've never really had to do a lot of work beyond that, and never with an SMA
connector yet but I don't connect external antennas to those if I can help
it, they just look too flimsy for me, I'm one that if something doesn't look
very strong to me I don't put any strain on it, and I have a base setup in
the house and a mobile in the car so I don't have to worry about it too much
unless I"m on vacation and even then I usually just use the rubber duck.
John Miller N1UMJ
Owner: J E M Racing need sponsors and crew help
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:48 PM
Subject: Yaesu handhelds was accessible handheld transceiver
> Message-Id:
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>
> JOhn wrote:
> >I still have my old FT-51HP, but the reason for
> >that is, it's the last thing my parents gave me for Christmas
> >before my father died so I'll hand on to that as long as I can, but
> >I still haven't touched it in months always preferring the TH-F6A
> >and Icom T90A and now, some times my Icom P2AT if I'm in the garage
> >or something, like today I'm playing Mr.. Fix-it around the house
> >and yard so that radio's with me, mainly because I paid next to
> >nothing for it and if I drop a car on it, or wack it with a wrench,
> >it doesn't matter, in fact, I have 2 of them so if 1 breaks I just
> >grab the other one.
> I ahd an ft-221r dual band ht and actually liked that radio. NOt much
> out of band coverage, enough for the local police anyway and the
> keypad got flaky on it.
> AS I have a little vision I liked the 221's display, nice big numbers,
> easy to read. THe extra row of keys on the keypad could confuse one
> but they meant for not a lot of nested menus.
> John sounds like his handhelds might live in a world similar to some
> of mine. I carried an Alinco 580 until it died running newspaper
> routes fishing and all sorts of places.
>
> THe htx-202 was a pretty rugged little radio as has my xyl's Icom 02
> been.
>
> After the 221 and the Yaesu I made it a practice never to hang
> anything but a rubber duck or small whip from an ht. NO matter what
> you do to avoid straining the bnc or sma connector on the radio it
> seems sooner or later you get to get into the radio and do something
> with the antenna connection. I just replaced the SMA a few months ago
> on my Kenwood thg-71a.
>
> THose are my two major criteria for choosing an ht. ease of use
> without having to interface with a computer and ruggedness.
>
> 73 de nf5b
>
>
>
> Richard Webb
>
> Electric Spider Productions
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>
> --- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
> Historical review of Pennsylvania
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