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Categories | Transceivers: VHF/UHF+ Amateur Base/Mobile (non hand-held) | Kenwood TM-V7A

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W9SAS	Rating: 4/5	Nov 7, 2009 17:46	Send this review to a friend!
What K4JF said			Time owned: more than 12 months
I used my TM-V7A mobile for years (until my vehicle was totalled by a clueless moron who rear-ended me at 40 mph while talking on her cell phone as I was stopped in traffic: no injuries luckily.) Performance-wise, the radio was great on all counts, Rx and Tx. And I never had the display "lines" problems reported by others. It just worked. And worked. That said, the display is an ergonomic disaster. I could never locate it in my vehicle where I could view it consistently. Changing from normal to reverse video was no help. Via the extra-long extension kit, I finally put it above the rear view mirror in my minivan. Fortunately I had the VS-3 voice synthesizer option installed, which eliminated the need to look at the display much at all during routine operation. That made mobile operation tolerable. For a fixed installation I'd give this radio a 5, but only a 3 for mobile, hence my overall 4 rating. 73s, Steve (W9SAS)

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