I agree with Bob. Mine's been banged around more than a little bit, and keeps working just fine. As far as the battery life "issue", I bought a replacement PB39 100mAH NiMH pack from the NiCd Lady for $45, and it lasts quite a while. I'm very satisfied with it. Jim KQ6EA
--- Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
A lot of folks seem to like the Kenwood TH-D7A,
but
the price tag is quite high for a radio that is
"very
delicate," "extremely difficult to program," and
"poor
battery life".
I donno. I've drop kicked mine a number of times. It is trivial to program either with the TEXT menus, and full 4-way joy stick, or the PC program. Poor battery life only if you have evrything running to the max:
- Both internal radios on
- Internal TNC on
- Battery saver off
- Transmitting APRS beacons evey minute at high
power
But then that's why most people bought the radio to do all those things..
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