I have the TH-F6A. It was the first radio I bought when I got my Tech ticket in 2001. It is a phenomenal radio, so much so that I haven't used all of the features yet. That may be it's only drawback, it has too much on it. It is easily programmable via computer with free software available on line. The gotcha is the cable interface is not free.

For accesories I have the speaker mike which I find extremely useful, a second battery pack and a AA battery pack. I built an inexpensive groundplane antenna and a roll up J-Pole, although I have found the stock rubber duck to work fine, and that has been the biggest complaint I've even seen anyone have about the radio.

In my opinion (and it's only my opinion) is to buy Kenwood HTs, Icom mobiles and Yaesu base radios.

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Please feel free to ask me more specifics about it.