Actually, Tracy, I would want to disagree with you.

The Kenwood th-F6A provides ease of use from several standpoints. With the 
interface cable one can set up the radio using the free software available 
from the Kenwood site.

If you do not wish to purchase the interface cable you can set up the 
memories from the front of the radio itself.

The TH-F6a provides three, not two bands of access.

2 meters
220 megahertz
and
440 megahertz hambands

as well as access to frequencies below the AM broadcast band up to 1.2 
gegahertz. This includes most VHF and UHF TV bands
10 weather channels, scannable independently from the front of the radio and

possible use of the radio for both AM, FM commercial bands and use as a 
cross-band radio.

Because of these functions, I think I will happily disagree with you. This 
is one of the most functional radios if not the most functional radios ever 
developed for possible use blind ham radio operators.

Also, Batteries America offers several discounted battery packs for the 
radio and a generic charger for them at a much reduced price over the 
Kenwood charger.

Fred Olver  N9BSO

Check out my recently published book Dealing With Vision Loss at my web 
page:

http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com

and while you are there read excerpts from the book or listen to a radio 
interview with the author.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Son" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:06 PM
Subject: easy ht to use


> Hello Listers.
> My old radioshack ht202 battery pack went south and will not charge any 
> more
> so in the garbage the battery went.
> The radio is so old I hate to get another pack for it and then have the
> radio stop working 4 months later.
> What is a good easy 2 meater or dool bander radio that is user friendly.
> I thought about the kenwood tryband ht but it's to much money to pay for 
> an
> ht.
> Thank you.
> Tracy Son.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 20:31
> Subject: Re: ic7000
>
>
>> I'm coming to think I'm very lucky. I'm in a residential area and no 
>> one's
>> ever home and I have berry little noise around here. It is more now than
>> it
>> used to be but it's really pretty quiet around here. Not like on 
>> vacation,
>> but nothing will ever be like that again for me I'm sure. It was a hole
>> street of summer places with a few year round places way down, my radio
>> was
>> so quiet there you'd think the RF gain was way down or something I mean,
>> the
>> lightest hiss was about it but when there was a station in there, I could
>> really pull them out easy. Not like that here, but from talking to 
>> people,
>> I
>> am real lucky and I think most of that is the fact no one's ever around
>> out
>> here. I suppose I'd better enjoy it while it lasts.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: ic7000
>>
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I'm getting so many local noise sources around here that it doesn't
>>> really
>>> matter what I put on HF--I can't hear anything anyway.  It seems like I
>>> am
>>> getting a lot of digital crud from home consumer devices in neighbor's
>>> houses.  I sat up last night with the Sony ICF2010 and the HF listening
>>> was
>>> pretty bad.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, the group I used to go out with for Field Day has folded
>>> up,
>>> so I don't really have much of a reason to maintain a "go" pack.  II'm
>>> hashing over whether or not I want to keep the Icom 706 Mk IIg station 
>>> or
>>> whether it is time to cash it in.
>>>
>>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>