I spent nearly 2 hours at the HRO in Oakland trying out both - After some
serious thinking I ended up with the Kenwood.
At that time it was because I felt it wiser for me to opt for 220 over 6M in
a HT. After well over a year of using the Kenwood, I have to say that it is
by far the best HT I have ever had.

Drawbacks?
No drop in charger.
Speaker Mic and pwr jacks are on the side instead of the top.

I often wonder why anyone would want 6M in such a small qrp format unless
they lived within eyesight of a 6M repeater.

Jim..
kb6zop

"DoctorUSA" wrote in message
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Hello to All of YOU!
I'm looking for an advice on two questions:

1. What radio should I buy between the two: Yaesu VX-7R or Kenwood
TH-F6A
2. Where should I buy it from (price) or maybe someone sells one used ?

the first question: I want this radio in order to be able to
monitor (listen) to all possible things: weather, radio, police chat,
trackers, taxi dispatchers an so on.
Also I would like to be able to talk back to some of them (definitely
not a police )
If it's matter, I'm in San Francisco, CA and love to hike in Lake Tahoe
area of the Sierra Mountains.