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Kenwood TH-F6A handheld amateur radio review.

The title says it all. Enjoy!

March 29, 2015/24 Comments/by

24 replies

jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 4:41 PM

Try switching to the other channel.
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agvulpine says:
March 29, 2015 at 3:46 PM

Where did you buy yours at? For how much?
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jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 3:40 PM

I’ll check it out. Thanks!
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jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 3:38 PM

I definitely recommend the TH-F6A. It’s a trusted product that does
everything that I want it to do. I really don’t know much about the Icom.
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jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 2:53 PM

The rubber duck antenna does work, but is rather limited. You should be
able to receive audio, depending on your location and what is near you. You
can pick up local radio stations for testing purposes by typing in the
frequency.
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jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 2:28 PM

The rubber duck antenna does work, but is rather limited. You should be
able to receive audio, depending on your location and what is near you. You
can pick up local radio stations for testing purposes by typing in the
frequency.
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jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 1:55 PM

@dave11380 Thanks!
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Rick Hughes says:
March 29, 2015 at 1:35 PM

I enjoyed your review. I am considering purchasing one of these radios. I
have been a ham now for over 12 years. Are you able to share the plans for
the home brew antenna you talk about in your review? Thank you
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Jeremy D says:
March 29, 2015 at 12:48 PM

Regarding your charging complaint, the aftermarket has addressed this
issue, due to the huge popularity of this radio: check out batteriesamerica
😉
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jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 12:33 PM

The antenna was a project that was done by the Rochester amateur Radio
Association, so I don’t have any plans on the antenna. Unfortunately I
don’t have the antenna either, as it was misplaced during our last move.
Sorry. 🙁
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jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 11:50 AM

@g4tech He’s a HUGE help when it comes to programming. 🙂
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Jason Colier says:
March 29, 2015 at 11:48 AM

Can it automatically scan?
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Jason Colier says:
March 29, 2015 at 11:21 AM

Thanks. When I click ENT, and start typing in freq 104.7, for our radio
station, it just reverts to 137
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colistro says:
March 29, 2015 at 10:34 AM

Cool, I would like to see how much frequencies you would get with the pvc
antenna. Have a good one.
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Danny Pease says:
March 29, 2015 at 9:35 AM

So, where is the TH-F6A review? All I saw was an advertisement for the guy
that sells the BNC adapters. A radio review usually includes performance
numbers as well as personal observations.
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armandotoyota says:
March 29, 2015 at 9:29 AM

where is the review? what a waist of my time….
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jimster586 says:
March 29, 2015 at 8:30 AM

The rubber duck antenna does work, but is rather limited. You should be
able to receive audio, depending on your location and what is near you. You
can pick up local radio stations for testing purposes by typing in the
frequency.
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Jason Colier says:
March 29, 2015 at 7:36 AM

Id gladly pay you a nominal fee for just training my with this radio.
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Dave Cole says:
March 29, 2015 at 7:22 AM

Hi, I also have a review of the TH-F6 at nk7z.net. Nice job on the video…
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SgtMays says:
March 29, 2015 at 6:30 AM

Nice video, musicfreakcc also programmed my Icom with the same program as
his icom.
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coolgearSK says:
March 29, 2015 at 5:41 AM

Nice video, I really do not understand people who click dislike on video
that someone made to help others…
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dano crenshaw says:
March 29, 2015 at 5:15 AM

do you like your kenwood I am looking at the th-f6a or the icom 80ad-05
what radio would you recommend
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Stan Siehndel says:
March 29, 2015 at 4:41 AM

Try Batteries America for your after market batteries they have a rapid
charger for this HT
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N0AGI says:
March 29, 2015 at 3:42 AM

thanks for sharing. Especially the contact info for the sma-bnc adapter,
etc. 73 – N0AGI http://aprs.fi/info/N0AGI
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