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KENWOOD TR-751A 2M All-Mode transceiver

Well back in mid-February or so I bought a Kenwood TM-V71A VHF/UHF mobile amateur radio for my truck and have been waiting for a day off with nice weather to actually install it. You would think that with a full sized 4x4 truck with a huge crew cab it would be easy to find room to mount a small radio. Yesterday I found that it was easier said than done however I did get it installed. It has a removal faceplate/control head so I had two mounting locations to consider. The main radio unit was going to be mounted on the driver's side of the centre console but that proved to be a bit of a problem in that while driving my calf would be just resting on one corner of the unit. If I wear my knee brace it would rub quite hard against it and possible catch on it if I had to lift my foot off the gas peddle in a hurry. Not good. I ended up mounting the main unit on the passenger's side of the console and the control head on the upper right corner of the instrument cluster allowing me to access the buttons and still keep both hands on the wheel. Right now power is taken from a 12 volt power point outlet of which the truck has FOUR of them. These are a bit different from a regular cigarette lighter outlet. So far so good but I will eventually wire it directly to the battery. Right now I need the key on to power the radio. The antenna is a Comet CA2x4SR that is about 20 years old but still working great. It is mounted on a home made mount on the rear of the box and is held on by existing bolts visible when the tailgate is down. No radio checks yet as supper was ready just as I finished but I may check it out later today. Now I need to familiarize myself with the multitude of functions this thing has.

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I just got a TM-V71A. Very nice full featured radio. Most of the stuff I won't ever use. I bought the RT Systems software before I realized Kenwood has free software for it. I planned on using it mobile, but torn between using it as a base. I read where they removed the tone scanning ability that used to be on the early models. Sort of a drag, since I do use that feature while traveling.

This same model has been around for a long time. Audio reports are classic Kenwoodish. Internal speaker is decent. I like the dual external speaker outputs. The ability to flip flop the control head allows the internal speaker to be topside or the bottom is nice. Been a long time since I've had anything with crossband repeat.

It sure is an attractive radio. If this rig had SSB, keyer and TNC, it'd be sweet. Only real drag, is the fan is a little noise. I see that being swapped out if it stays in the shack.
 
That's one thing I have not understood, two meter ssb is available but no body uses that mode. I have a IC746 also. It was my second radio purchase my first was a Yaesu ft890 and it came with the FT2100b amplifier. Hooked it up and tested one time and have not used it since.
I went radio crazy for a while and bought an IC-7100 and a ft-857. I have all kinds of HT's I don't use.

:unsure: I guess that depends on where you live. 2m SSB is used quite a bit in San Antonio, Austin, Houston and further South.
 
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I had always thought that FM wouldn't skip like that. At one point the FCC was talking about making CB radios FM so the would not have worry abo by ut the 150 mile rule.[/QUOT
I had always thought that FM wouldn't skip like that. At one point the FCC was talking about making CB radios FM so the would not have worry about the 150 mile rule.

I have talked on 2 meter FM from Florida to Canada and probably as many as 20 states.I have top all over the World on 6 meter FM as well as 10 meter FM. The plan that the FCC had was for it to be FM in the 400 MHz range which would have greatly reduced skip.It would not have eliminated it because it is also possible to talk several states away on 440 MHz when conditions are right.

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I just got a TM-V71A. Very nice full featured radio. Most of the stuff I won't ever use. I bought the RT Systems software before I realized Kenwood has free software for it. I planned on using it mobile, but torn between using it as a base. I read where they removed the tone scanning ability that used to be on the early models. Sort of a drag, since I do use that feature while traveling.

This same model has been around for a long time. Audio reports are classic Kenwoodish. Internal speaker is decent. I like the dual external speaker outputs. The ability to flip flop the control head allows the internal speaker to be topside or the bottom is nice. Been a long time since I've had anything with crossband repeat.

It sure is an attractive radio. If this rig had SSB, keyer and TNC, it'd be sweet. Only real drag, is the fan is a little noise. I see that being swapped out if it stays in the shack.

I have been happy with mine even though I have hardly used it. I said the other day that I think I will remove it from the truck for the winter and take it inside the house for the winter. I can use the 800 MHz band to monitor dept of highways and other services as well as get more used to how to operate this thing. LOL It does indeed have a LOT of functions that I will likely never use but I would like to at least know how to get out of a mode I accidentally get into. LOL
 
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