Hi all,

I just got my technicians license, and I'm looking for a hand-held tranceiver for working with the San Francisco NERT team. It's to be used for communicating between neighborhood staging areas and the emergency response district office. I also plan to have fun with it too ;-).

I'm concidering a tri-band Kenwood TH-F6A. The pricetag of $310 at http://www.hamcity.com is within my budget. I'm also planning on getting a 144/220/440 MHz. tri-band portable antenna to replace the rubber ducky. A spare battery pack would also be useful.

Any opinions and suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
Lynn