I am looking for a dual band mobile transceiver .. 2m / 70 cm.
However .. I have yet to find one that I think does not have issues.
First .. no DStar. That means no Icom.
Second .. I would like more than 6 charcters for a name display. The reason for this .. is that we have several repeaters with the same callsign. And there is no way to "easily" distinguish if you are on the UHF / VHF repeater.
I am 50 .. and my memory is not what it used to be, so remembering frequencies is not an option. So I want all my memories named.
The only good thing is that I will be using it at home .. so I will not cause an accident due to poor design of these radios. I already have a Yaesu Ft-7800R I think in the car. It seems to work well.
Right now .. the Kenwood TM-V71A is looking like the best answer.
Anyone have any thoughts ?
However .. I have yet to find one that I think does not have issues.
First .. no DStar. That means no Icom.
Second .. I would like more than 6 charcters for a name display. The reason for this .. is that we have several repeaters with the same callsign. And there is no way to "easily" distinguish if you are on the UHF / VHF repeater.
I am 50 .. and my memory is not what it used to be, so remembering frequencies is not an option. So I want all my memories named.
The only good thing is that I will be using it at home .. so I will not cause an accident due to poor design of these radios. I already have a Yaesu Ft-7800R I think in the car. It seems to work well.
Right now .. the Kenwood TM-V71A is looking like the best answer.
Anyone have any thoughts ?