My TH-F7e was replaced under warranty - the antenna
too. The Kenwood engineer didn't say what was found
but inferred that it doesn't take much to cause
(expensive) PA failure.
"Standard" antennas are not wide band and don't always
present a good load near the edges of bands they're
designed for. An antenna specific to the frequency
you intend has always been as good advice as staying
within licence conditions
(at any power setting).
It's still a good radio for monitoring what's going on
Fred.
--- Robert Elsinga <robert <at> elsinga.net> wrote:
> Martyn,
>
> On 3/17/08, Martyn <Martyn.Johnson <at> cl.cam.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> > --- In ken_th-f7e <at> yahoogroups.com, "Robert
> Elsinga" <robert@...> wrote:
> > > Well, 146,41000, 150,13750, 154,11250,
> 168,47000, 170,09000 and
> > > 460,60000, to name a few frequencies for
> temporary use there in the
> > > Netherlands. Mostly used at events, but you can
> rent these frequencies
> > > for any occasion if you are willing to pay the
> fees.
> >
> > Handy! Sorry I can't help you much with the
> actual question 
>
> Yep, quite handy. = Normally you rent the
> frequency along with some
> transceivers, but hey.... if you own a TH-F7 you
> always have a spare.
> =
>
> > 146,41000 should be safe as it is within the range
> of the US TH-F6A,
> > which I believe is the same hardware with
> different jumpers.
>
> But it has a different antenna (since it also
> supports 220MHz). And it
> is the antenna that matters here...
>
> > As for the others, I don't know. If nobody can
> help you here, perhaps
> > somebody on the TH-F6A group would know.
>
> I'll also ask the question there, but don't expect
> an answer I can
> trust because of the other antenna...
>
> --
> Robert Elsinga =
> www.elsinga.net
>
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