I'm usually more worried if it'll survive a drop off a tower. ;-) I've seen the commercial trunking cousin to the V82/U82 take a 40' drop off a tower, hit the concrete pad at the base, BOUNCE 6' in the air, and still work...
If someone REALLY needs a D-STAR rig they can "abuse", their user interfaces for D-STAR stink from what I've heard, but they'll take serious punishment. I don't recommend TESTING it though. :-) -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [email protected] On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:00 -0700, "John Hays" <[email protected]> wrote: Well at least Alinco, Icom, and Yaesu had compatible microphone/ speaker jacks until they went to the "super jacks" and water proof jacks. Kenwood always seemed to think they could do it "better" (at least locking in an accessory market). I think the whole water proof thing is driven by two secondary markets: 1) 3rd world military, para-military, and police who buy the same radios we do at a price cheaper than US commercial rigs. 2) Emcomm groups who can't conceive of another way to keep their radios dry in a hurricane The rest of us, keep 'em dry, even if it means popping them in a plastic bag during a hurricane. Though I would probably take my VX-7 on a fishing trip before my 91AD, just in case. On Jun 24, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: > > > I like the quality of the audio from my IC-91AD, but would > appreciate more of it... (louder). > > My TH-F6A's audio amp and speaker smoke the IC-91AD for both > quality and loudness... until you plug in the tiny Kenwood > speaker mic. 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