On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 19:50:47 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
wrote:

"Ed" wrote ...
I highly prefer the Kenwood Menu system.... it was
much more intuitive to use compared to the Yaesu radios.

I was just looking at those very two models after getting
my callsign (KE7GKP) just yesterday.

I just bought the Yaesu this afternoon and am still reading
the book. The Yaesu was recommended very much in
preference to the Kenwood by the guy at HRO in Portland.
He claimed the opposite, that the menu system of the Yaesu
was simple enough that he needed the book only once every
vew months, but the Kenwood he never could manage.
Go figure? :-)

It would be hard for me to figure out why an HRO sales person couldn't
program a Kenwood. It's too much trouble on any radio without a
computer when you have hundreds of frequencies to input, along with
various option settings. With the free Kenwood software and a cable
it is a simple chore. I would much rather operate my computer than
the tiny buttons on an HT for programming. BTW, the TH-F6A is the
finest HT I have ever owned, and I have owned a LOT of them. I also
own the TH-D7A, but it is the F6A that goes with me on public service
events, etc. I love that little radio.

Dick - W6CCD