I currently have an old FT470 HT, whose batteries do not maintain a charge
anymore. Currently, I am looking at upgrading it to a newer VHF/UHF radio.
Here are some of the options I am looking at:
1. Getting a new HT with at least 2 bands.
2. getting a mobile unit and converting it to a base station. I don't plan
to do a lot of traveling with a unit. However, I live in an apartment where
there is not much room to install an antenna. Would a telescopic antenna
work on a mobile radio as well as an portable one? Because I am visually
impaired, I will need to have either a keypad for setting the frequency or a
talking frequency reader. Are there handheld radios with talking frequency
readers? Can you recommend one with digital keypad entry for setting the
frequency? Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Eric Patterson
Kb7vfr
Beaverton, Or.
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