[ICOM] Handi-Talkie

[martin glazer]

HI
I think it is Complertely fair to judge a radio on battery size. Icom needs to do more field testing before they release a radio. The reviews on eham.com for the t81a are poor.

STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu> wrote:
It's true that 6M isn't that popular, but having it available on a handheld is
a neat thing. As I said before the little multi-function button is hard to 
use, but once you have the frequencies you normally use, QSYing is
just the turn of a knob.

That matters the most to me is how rugged the unit is. That the T81A is,
having dropped my little unit several times, and I know my wife and
daughter have dropped theirs, all with no ill-effects.

The battery that comes with the T81A isn't very big, but neither was the
BP-3 that the IC-02/03/04/12AT came with, so I upgraded all of them to
larger batteries from places like Peripherix and later W&W. I don't think
fair to judge an HT on the supplied battery size.

I still vote for the T81A. I wish Icom hadn't discontinued them.

--STeve Andre' 
wb8wsf

On Wednesday 04 August 2004 22:45, martin glazer wrote:
> I think the battery life is very limited. I don't think 6 meters FM is a
> real popular mode/band. The command dial, is poorly designed.it is hard to
> use. I think Icom discontinued this model. I personally have the Kenwood
> th-g71a. Icom makes some great handhelds, my ICOM 02-at still works. I
> would look at other models. arrl has done a good job on reviewing most
> radios. You might want to look there. I do.
>
>
> Hans Remeeus wrote:
> For what/which reason?
>
>
> 73, Hans Remeeus.
> Ham Radio: PA1HR
> www.remeeus.nl
>
> Communication is about people, the rest is technology.
>
>
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> > I have the t81a, I would avoid it
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