WB2MVM
Member
Hello,
I may be wrong, but as best as I could determine, I figured my question/issue fit best in this forum (I apologize in advance if it doesn't).
I'm still new to the hobby, and currently have BaoFeng UV-5R & UV-3R radios that I'm happy with. However, I'd like to "move up" from dual band HT to tri-band (possibly quad-band) HT, and I'd like to get some input about the Yaesu VX-6R vs Kenwood TH-F6A.
From what I've heard/read/seen so far about these two tri-bands, the overall ratings are equally good. But the significant difference between these two radios is that the Kenwood offers up to 5W power for all three bands, whereas the Yaesu only offers a max of 1.5W on the 222mHz band (of course, the price difference--Kenwood being more expensive--seems to correspond accordingly to that difference).
I guess my question is: Does that power difference at the 222mHz really matter, i.e., would it depend more on what I'dd be doing as a HAM operator at that frequency, to want to get a triband that has 5W on all three bands?
Sincerely,
WB2MVM
P.S.: BTW, I noticed that the quad-band Yaesu VX-8D also has that "dip" in power, at the 222 mHz frequency.
I may be wrong, but as best as I could determine, I figured my question/issue fit best in this forum (I apologize in advance if it doesn't).
I'm still new to the hobby, and currently have BaoFeng UV-5R & UV-3R radios that I'm happy with. However, I'd like to "move up" from dual band HT to tri-band (possibly quad-band) HT, and I'd like to get some input about the Yaesu VX-6R vs Kenwood TH-F6A.
From what I've heard/read/seen so far about these two tri-bands, the overall ratings are equally good. But the significant difference between these two radios is that the Kenwood offers up to 5W power for all three bands, whereas the Yaesu only offers a max of 1.5W on the 222mHz band (of course, the price difference--Kenwood being more expensive--seems to correspond accordingly to that difference).
I guess my question is: Does that power difference at the 222mHz really matter, i.e., would it depend more on what I'dd be doing as a HAM operator at that frequency, to want to get a triband that has 5W on all three bands?
Sincerely,
WB2MVM
P.S.: BTW, I noticed that the quad-band Yaesu VX-8D also has that "dip" in power, at the 222 mHz frequency.