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I am being gifted by a friend with what he calls a "bare bones" 15 year old, 2 meter mobile radio. I assume it is 50 watts.

I also want to do APRS and 70cm and have other current "bells and whistles" in a second radio.

This gift may take me in a different direction on the purchase of a full featured radio than what I was considering. If I was to own just one radio, I was going for the Kenwood TM D710 mobile. But now with two, it may be appropriate to change my direction.

My questions are:

What will be the best use of the bare bones mobile? As a "go kit" radio? A mobile? Or a base backup?

As a supplement to the bare bones mobile, would another mobile be appropriate, or does it make more sense now to go with the Kenwood TH-D72A handheld?

I know the immediate answer is to wait to learn more about the bare bones mobile, its performance and features, if any. But thinking ahead, I just wondered what some options might be.

Poor me, with such decisions.

<blockquote data-quote="Need2Know" data-source="post: 352132" data-attributes="member: 23916">I am being gifted by a friend with what he calls a &quot;bare bones&quot; 15 year old, 2 meter mobile radio.&nbsp; I assume it is 50 watts.I also want to do APRS and 70cm and have other current &quot;bells and whistles&quot; in a second radio.This gift may take me in a different direction on the purchase of a full featured radio than what I was considering.&nbsp; If I was to own just one radio, I was going for the Kenwood TM D710 mobile.&nbsp; But now with two, it may be appropriate to change my direction.My questions are:What will be the best use of the bare bones mobile?&nbsp; As a &quot;go kit&quot; radio?&nbsp; A mobile?&nbsp; Or a base backup?As a supplement to the bare bones mobile, would another mobile be appropriate, or does it make more sense now to go with the Kenwood TH-D72A handheld?I know the immediate answer is to wait to learn more about the bare bones mobile, its performance and features, if any.&nbsp; But thinking ahead, I just wondered what some options might be.Poor me, with such decisions.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Need2Know, post: 352132, member: 23916"] I am being gifted by a friend with what he calls a "bare bones" 15 year old, 2 meter mobile radio. I assume it is 50 watts. I also want to do APRS and 70cm and have other current "bells and whistles" in a second radio. This gift may take me in a different direction on the purchase of a full featured radio than what I was considering. If I was to own just one radio, I was going for the Kenwood TM D710 mobile. But now with two, it may be appropriate to change my direction. My questions are: What will be the best use of the bare bones mobile? As a "go kit" radio? A mobile? Or a base backup? As a supplement to the bare bones mobile, would another mobile be appropriate, or does it make more sense now to go with the Kenwood TH-D72A handheld? I know the immediate answer is to wait to learn more about the bare bones mobile, its performance and features, if any. But thinking ahead, I just wondered what some options might be. Poor me, with such decisions.:D [/QUOTE]

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