Partially out of VHF/UHF Purgatory

The Kenwood TM-D710A got shipped off to Kenwood today for repair. I’ve been told that turnaround time will probably be at least 3 weeks.

Fortunately, I solved Hendheld-to-antenna problem.  The SMA-to-SO239 adapter I was using appears to be bad.  I bought a different one and it seems to work just fine.  So now I can at least converse with the old gang on The Scottsdale Repeater.