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ZL2UFI	Rating: 4/5	Nov 6, 2009 17:48	Send this review to a friend!
Good, but not for me...			Time owned: 6 to 12 months
Owned one for about nine months before selling it. I updated the firmware to version 2.0, to get the mic setting menu on the radio menus rather than using the programming software option. It just didn't sound like me on air no matter how hard I tried to adjust it. Didn't like the big microphone, and large PTT button having come from a Yaesu FT-7800R. I used the remote mounting kit, but again found the head unit was too deep for the centre console on my car, and as such it protruded out too far making viewing in daylight difficult. I liked the voice unit and dual receive, and some of the other options like the free programming software from Kenwood. Over all a well made and supported radio, it just didn't gel with me at all, as noted above. Have returned to the Yaesu FT-7800R.
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