Recommendations wanted for HT

[Zachary Yarashus]

+1 for Yaesu. We've had at least two or three other brands of radios, and
none have held up as well as the Yaesu's.
I've put them through a lot too! One of the things I find amazing is that I
have a VX7R that's 5+ years old now, and the original battery will still
run the radio all day.
The FT-60R is good, the only thing it doesn't have is the IPX
certification, but unless you're planning on talking a lot in the pouring
rain, you'll probably be fine. And it does have a good belt clip.

Two things I'd look for are an S-meter and a DTMF pad. If you're doing
foxhunting the S-meter makes it much more enjoyable. I know that sounds
like a no-brainer, but some of the (Chinese) radios don't have them.
The DTMF pad isn't as important, but I use them on a weekly basis (I run
the NVTN Tuesday nights), and especially some of the newer radios don't
have them.

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 5:59 AM, Rob Seastrom <rs at seastrom.com> wrote:

>
> Richard Barth <w3hwn at comcast.net> writes:
>
> > My son is finally displaying interest in getting a ham license. He is
> > signed up for a class and for the exam given by Laurel ARC a few weeks
> > later.
> >
> > Following the presentation given recently concerning a certain BaoFeng
> > HT, another model of which also supported MURS, he was thinking of
> getting
> > one of those. The miserable performance of BaoFeng rigs reported in the
> > latest issue of QST, however, with similar comments he found on line,
> > made him re-think the matter.
> >
> > What types of 144/440 MHz HTs has any of you used and found reliable?
> > Nothing really elaborate, just a dependable rig at a reasonable price.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> It's a few years old now but I still love my Yaesu FT-60R.  Available
> on Amazon for $165, which is 3/4 what I paid for mine.
>
> Sane/standard Yaesu menu driven user interface, good power and
> sensitivity.  Doesn't get ungodly hot when you get long winded like
> some other rigs.
>
> In my experience, though the lackluster performance of the Baofengs is
> not their worst quality.  Their UI is not just from another country;
> it's from another planet.  I gave up on trying to even simple
> programming on mine without using CHIRP.  Some people I know who've
> equipped Scouts and other youngsters with Baofengs have had to endure
> good natured ribbing about "trying to turn the kids off to ham radio".
>
> -r
>
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