<div dir="ltr">Hello Stuart,<div><br></div><div>I have a bunch of tribanders. I have 7 of the Btech radios you mentioned. For the price, that seems to be the best thing to outfit my family with; some of the kids are still pretty young and I won't worry about one getting broken. Frankly, I and my 18-year old prefer the Kenwood triband. It works extremely well. The one big problem is you can break it if you breathe on it. I own 2 of them and have already had 3-$100 repair jobs, once by dropping it two feet onto a carpet. I have a couple of AnyTone triband radios. They only do 4 watts on most of the bands. they are also $200 apiece, so quite a bit for what you get. I own some Yaesu radios, too, a vx-7 and 3 vx-8dr radios. They do 6M, which is unique and nice, since we have some 6m repeaters here. Also 22 MHz, but at a very reduced power. Yaesu is extremely tough and reliable, but you have the power problem on 220. </div><div><br></div><div>So there are pluses and minuses to all of them, and there may be others, but these are my radios and how I rate them. I would probably go with Btech.</div><div><br></div><div>Take care, 73 de K6QT Shon</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Shon R. Edwards, MA, AG (Czech Republic)<br></div><div style="font-size:small"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Amateur call: K6QT<br>1039 N 2575 W<br>Layton, UT, 84041-7709<br>USA<br>Home phone: (801) 444-3445</div><div dir="ltr">E-mail: <a href="mailto:sre.1966@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">sre.1966@gmail.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">or</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Shon Edwards</div><div dir="ltr">715 Strawberry Creek Private Rd.</div><div dir="ltr">Bedford, WY 83112<br>Cell: (307) 248-2104</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 6:09 PM, IT1 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stuart.tener@bh90210.net" target="_blank">stuart.tener@bh90210.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dan, et alia:<br>
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I am interested in getting an inexpensive HT that is Tri-Band and <br>
decent. Now, if anyone is a technical purist about specifications I <br>
already realize that any of the sub-$100 HTs are not going to come <br>
close to the ICOM 52A or something like that. I am considering to get <br>
an HT that is inexpensive and not something I will cry over if I drop <br>
it or it gets lost/stolen, whatever. However, with the forgoing in <br>
mind, I want to try to pick the best one that I can, so I am curious <br>
about everyone's ideas. Moreover, I surely want something that is <br>
compatible with Chirp and to get or make the right kind of cable for it.<br>
<br>
The one radio I looked at so far was the BaoFeng UV-5x3 (I own no 220 <br>
radios, so it'd be fun to have that capability too). I am driving <br>
cross country soon and don't have any radios to take with me (they are <br>
all in the east coast). Once I get there I will have some ICOM radios <br>
(ICOM 5100A and an ID-1 installed).<br>
<br>
Again, I am not out to start a "religious war", just get some opinions <br>
from people about (obviously) programmability (keypad and via <br>
computer) as well as day to day function and experiences.<br>
<br>
I appreciate in advance everyone's comments.<br>
<br>
<br>
73,<br>
<br>
Stuart, N3GWG<br>
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