[aprssig] Yaesu VX-8R
K7FTP
k7ftp at commtechreview.net
Wed May 14 19:36:03 EDT 2008
I'd second that. I don't want to have to find a pencil to hit the buttons
on an HT.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Allen" <ka0azs at earthlink.net>
To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Yaesu VX-8R
> Keith VE7GDH wrote:
>
> At 2.36 x 3.74 x 0.92 inches it is smaller than a VX-7R.
>
> For me that's a bug, not a feature. The VX-7R is too small to be useable
> for me or to even be comfortable in my hands. For me the IC-W-32/Z-1A is
> about as small as I want an HT to be unless it's a cheap almost disposable
> back up unit.
>
> I know a lot of folks like the trend to micro units, but I wish the
> manufacturers would also make models for those of us that want readible
> and useable key pads and controls. Even if they just took the guts of a
> small radio and put them in bigger shells.
>
> Just think what they could do with the extra room. Built in GPS? Extended
> capacity batteries? Increased shock absorbant "armor" to further
> ruggedize them?
>
> The bluetooth capability is interesting with the supply of serial port
> enabled GPS units suitable to wire into stand alone radio units getting
> smaller and smaller.
>
> 73
> --
> Randy Allen, KAØAZS
>
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