Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!andy@aids-unix From: andy@aids-unix (Andy Cromarty) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Re: info on TH-21AT wanted Message-ID: <8867@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 19:02:06 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8867 Posted: Sat Mar 2 19:02:06 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Mar-85 02:07:24 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 20 The TH-21AT is a nice little rig. It really is as small (and hence convenient) as they say -- shirt-pocket size. The power difference between it and "normal" HT's is negligible -- less than the difference between a rubber duck and a 5/8 whip, say -- and the price is right, On the negative side, it's not compatible with anything else, necessitating additional expenditures for battery packs, antennas, etc. (the antenna socket is essentially RCA phono with screw threads). Also, the Kenwood leatherette case is a little unimpressive and the buttons are a little small, at least for my fingers. It does have a full 16-tone pad (unlike, e.g., the IC-2AT, which has only 12) -- the extra tones are used by new repeater hardware, so it really does matter. My YL and I have had one for a couple months; we like it enough that I've been thinking of getting another just because it's so handy. (And Lord knows I don't need another HT lying around just for its own sake -- I've got three or four already, which are now being "put out to pasture" as dedicated packet transceivers or left in my briefcase "just in case.") 73, Andy N6JLJ