TM721A.4
     The results are quite good: there is no functional difference in the way
the radio operates.  I suspect that the new LCD is electrically identical to
the old.  If you have modified your radio to operate as a cross-band repeater,
you retain that function.  The display consists of black digits on a milky-
white background.  The incandescent lamps behind it operate as before, and I 
find that even in the "dim" mode that the legibility is good in low light. In
bright sunlight, the back illumination is no longer relevant, and the
readability is very good.  Since bright lamp operation is not really required,
they should last forever.

     The old unit is not destroyed upon removal.  You can return to the old
readout at any time (which is prettier as it is in color). Kenwood is to be
congratulated for recognizing the problem with a large installed base of TM-
721A's and making this field fix available.
CONTINUED IN FILE TM721A.9