> I am having a hard time deciding between the Kenwood TM-732
> and the Yaesu FT-5100. Can anyone give me their opinion.
Jon,
If you live in a metropolitan area then I recommend that you NOT buy a TM-732. I live in Dallas and had to get rid of mine in less than a year.
It is a feature-laden radio, but it has poor rejection. As a result you hear lots of "intermod", even with CTCSS decode turned on. If you look at the service manual, there is only one adjustment pot in the receiver, which only helped the problem by deafening the receiver to the point of unusability.
In the home or in rural areas it would work fine. In heavy RF environments it becomes very annoying. I have at least 6 friends with the same radio and the same problem, but since they don't go downtown very often they have just put up with the occasional racket. I couldn't. I bought a TM-742 that has individual band modules and it works great. (See, I'm not anti-Kenwood!)
I don't know anything about the Yaesu FT-5100. Hope this helps.
John
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