Hey everyone. I will soon be buying a Kenwood tmv71a and was wondering what I will need to know to set it up and start using it. I will have the speech board installed by the store, as I am not so good at such things lol! Is there an easy users guide out there or would someone that owns it be kind enough to call me and explain how to use the unit? I plan on buying the radio, speech board, power supply, and what ever else I will need to make the unit work as a base station. I already have a diamond X50 on top of my house with 100 feet of LMR 400 coax that I use with my ht, so I think it's just a matter of hooking it up, programming it and knowing how to start using it. I will be getting a battery backup from someone in my ham club so no worries there. I will be buying from the ham radio outlet and plan to call them tomorrow. They can ship it to me and I think anything over $100 ships for free! So far my only rig has been the good old Wouxun ht. Thanks for any help you can give. Soon, I'll be talking with the big boys! And the next thing will be upgrading to general! 73. Darren Duff. amateur radio station KK4AHX. Vice President, Cherokee Amateur Radio Society. http://www.cherokeehams.com Cherokee County ARES. http://www.cherokee-ares.org