On 03/31/98 / 06:45:52, Andrew Yates was babbling to Brendan Keyport
about: Re: Ham radio stores?
BK> On 03/30/98 / 21:32:03, Brendan Keyport was babbling to TOM WALKER  
bout:
BK> Ham radio stores?
BK>
TW>  The Radio Shack 2 meter handheld is an Excellent Plain Jane unit.
TW> forget any tricks and Mods because there are NONE. But in Return you
TW> get a very good "Tight Front End" 2 meter unit that will still work
TW> when most of the "All Bells and Whistles" units are swamped with
TW> intermod in RF saturated metropolitan areas. --- Platinum X
BK>
BK> not to mention you can run the darn things over with a full garbage truck
BK> and probally still have a working unit... sure the display will be shot,
BK> but, hey,  who needs 33% of the display? :)
BK>
BK>  hands  of KB7YTL>
  Yea..  Hell and back includes tough use in Search And Rescue, unintended
diving, rock climbing, numerous burials, numerous (!) impacts that would kill
most elec & tron devices, continuous rain exposure (we DO live in Washington)
  Radio Shack never listed this device as being either water or contaminant
resistant (dirt & other gunk), but I will tell you now that with ALL of the
described activities and MORE, there has been ZERO amount of ANYTHING 
ntering
the unit.
  RS, AFAIAC, has ALWAYS been a (unintended?) source of TOUGH products, along
with a MFJ-284 speaker/mike that is just as tough as the 202
  FWIW, being ex military & exFF/EMTD, this radio could very well rate the
Military Standard that some of Yeasu's Handhelds have!  the 202 doesnt have a
lot, but what it does have, it does VERY well!!!  
  Enjoy, 73
    Andrew, kb7ytl
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