On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Alfred Green <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 5/18/2011 4:13 PM, William H. Fite wrote:
>
>> Well....kinda nice to do both, don't you think?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Alfred Green <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    I don't get it.
>>    You have one of the best weak-signal radios on the planet and you
>>    are using it for ... REPEATERS?
>>    CTCSS - phooey!
>>
>>  Not really. I have a dual-band FM rig in the shack that may get turned on
> once a month to find one of the locals. It cost a fraction of the price of
> the VU upgrade. The capabilities of the FLEX are completely wasted.
>

OTOH, if you have no FM rig in the shack and you are going to get the VU5K,
why not use that for FM if it will do that? I agree that it is probably a
waste to get the VU5K just for FM but if FM is its secondary purpose ...

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