[ICOM] re Icom and Kenwood radios

[Fern]

    John:   As far as vhf mobile, you will not find a better mobile rig than 
the Kenwood TM-271A. It is spec'd as a commercial mobile radio. The same 
radio is sold in some other countries as a commercial land mobile 
radio.(Just look at the specs in the owners manual). It is the only amateur 
radio mobile that I have seen which has perfect modulation and specs from 
136 to 174 mhz. That also includes full power output thru that range. The 
modulation and the output power on the Icom vhf mobiles will go squirelly 
when you go past 160 mhz or even to 138 mhz and lower. The rf output on the 
TM-271A is absolutely flat from 136 to 174 mhz.
    Fern


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Using Kenwood MC-80 to IC-706


> If  you go look at the ratings on eham.net (yes, subjective, but still 
> interesting) Kenwood blows away Icom on 2 meter and 2/70cm all mode 
> radios.  Yaesu is somewhere in the middle.  However, Icom sure took over 
> that market once the 706 and 746 hit the streets. Kenwood never seemed to 
> be able to recover from that one.  Kenwood's FM gear seems pretty good if 
> you want a built in TNC, but if you just want to talk on it Yaesu seems 
> pretty good for the price, and they recognized the wisdom of making 
> several different models using the same platform (FT8900/FT8800/FT7800).
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
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