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Overkill? I don't think so. Maybe a little more confusing for a first time user, but nothing some reading of the manual and a few questions on your friendly WWDX forum can't solve. If you can afford it and you're pretty sure you'll spend enough time on HF to make it worth your while, nothing...

I haven't really looked into current offerings, but from an older review I read, there weren't any radios that offered crossband ID natively anyway. It can be disabled, if it doesn't suit you. You probably don't want your radio TXing full power for more than 3 minutes at a time anyway (bye...

Got two of em, love em. All the features you need plus a few neat, useful ones (crossband repeat), but nothing unnecessary to clutter it up. I like to download the manual for a device and read through it before I buy, helps you to understand how it works, exactly what kind of features it...

Solid wire in an automotive application is a no no. It'll work harden with vibration over time and break. Stranded wire is the way to go.

Been working well for me, and far less chance of the foam insulator melting or solder wicking into places it shouldn't! I figure if they use it on high-value, mission critical installations, should work fine for me. Check out N5IAW on eBay for his crimper and connectors. Very reasonably...

You can only inhibit transmission in Memory mode, per memory, and not in VFO mode. If they switch it to VFO mode, it'll be able to Tx on whatever frequency it's on.

Icom T7H, Icom IC-T7H Dual Band HT

Having been in your shoes... Save all the money you're gonna spend on various export radios and plunk down the cash for a gently used Icom IC-718. Honest to goodness 100W on SSB, stable, nice noise blanker, AF DSP NR and ANF, voice compressor, VOX, digital RF Power control all the way down to...

Most likely not. Well rather, anything is possible, but you're probably way better off time and money wise buying a meter made for the HF bands.

You should not need 800W to talk that far. I would suggest a Texas Star DX500. Drive it so you dead key about 100W and swing about 450 and it'll last a long time and sound good on the air. The difference in signal on the receiving end from 500 to 800W isn't much at all. The best way to...

You need a commercial radio, the TM-V71A is not type accepted to be used on commercial frequencies, even if you are authorized to use the frequency.

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Looks like yet another "repackaging" of the same internals found in the UV-5R. If you find the housing nicer, go for it, the operation and performance is likely the same as the UV-5R. I bought the UV-5R because it had the extended battery available (and fit without any fiddling like the 5R+)...

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According to the rules, it isn't legal, plain and simple. The FCC person was incorrect unless there was a recent change in the regulation. Unless your friend got it in writing or a recording, its gonna be difficult to prove if busted.

Generally you have to cut off the plug and put a 3.5mm mono male plug on it. You can pick one up from RadioShack or any decent electronic supply shop.

It was aligned, the bottom lid was removed, but the filter mod required access from the solder side of the board, the top lid, which still had the sticker intact. I'm planning to send the radio out at some point to have the filter mod done, but theres not a lot of motivation since most say it...

It's on my list, little time, little money.

IMO, if you buy something new, you should receive it in new condition. Nothing wrong with expecting that, seems reasonable.