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Gerry Leary <[log in to unmask]>
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How much are they on ebay?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark Torgerson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Wouxun_KG-UVD1] Who Else Is Listening!


> Hi
>     I took a quick check on the web and it appears that some of the=20
> wouxun radios have talking menus. I looked on E-Bay and found one can =
> buy=20
> them at a good price also. So, I was wondering if any one has had first =
> hand=20
> experience with these radios and what people thought of them?
>
> God bless,
> Mark
>
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> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 8:16 AM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fwd: [Wouxun_KG-UVD1] Who Else Is Listening!
>
> Just wondering if anyone had ever heard of this? I can guarantee you =3D
> it's news to me, and, if true, I'm kinda mad! If I knew the FT-530 had a =
> =3D
> voice option, I'd have bought it immediately.
>
> =3D46rom K1GAX on the Wouxun list:
>
> =3D86In the last 35 years as a ham, I know of four portables that had a =
> =3D
> voice option (plug in board).  Those were the FT-530 (2 meters/70 =3D
> centimeter) and the Icom IC-V21AT (2 meters/1 1/4 meters) both of which =
> =3D
> I still have (with the optional board installed) along with the Icom =3D
> IC-W21AT (2 meters and 70 centimeters) and the Icom IC-Delta 1A (2 =3D
> meters/70 centimeters/23 centimeters).  These rigs with the option came =
> =3D
> out in the early '90s.  These options apparently we not very popular as =
> =3D
> they seemed to disappear as an option after less than a year.  I checked =
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> with Icom and they told me they sold less than a dozen units worldwide =
> =3D
> before discontinuing the option.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "K1GAX" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: July 5, 2010 10:59:18 AM EDT
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [Wouxun_KG-UVD1] Who Else Is Listening!
>> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>>=3D20
>> In the last 35 years as a ham, I know of four portables that had a =3D
> voice option (plug in board).  Those were the FT-530 (2 meters/70 =3D
> centimeter) and the Icom IC-V21AT (2 meters/1 1/4 meters) both of which =
> =3D
> I still have (with the optional board installed) along with the Icom =3D
> IC-W21AT (2 meters and 70 centimeters) and the Icom IC-Delta 1A (2 =3D
> meters/70 centimeters/23 centimeters).  These rigs with the option came =
> =3D
> out in the early '90s.  These options apparently we not very popular as =
> =3D
> they seemed to disappear as an option after less than a year.  I checked =
> =3D
> with Icom and they told me they sold less than a dozen units worldwide =
> =3D
> before discontinuing the option.
>>=3D20
>> There were a slew of mobiles with that available option, but again, =
> =3D
> the option didn't last long.  I guess it's a case of if you don't sell =
> =3D
> many of them, you don't make any more.
>>=3D20
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [Wouxun_KG-UVD1] Who Else Is Listening!
>> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 09:28:31 -0400
>>=3D20
>> What, on a handheld? Sorry, been a ham for 22 years and I've never =3D
> seen a handheld with voice readout. Several mobiles from Kenwood and =3D
> Icom, yes, even one from Yaesu (who can never be bothered, it seems), =
> =3D
> but never on a handheld. Not in the 22 years I've been hanging around =
> =3D
> these here parts anyway. Mobiles with voice readouts are not uncommon =
> =3D
> though, at least, not for dualband ones. Most notably, Kenwood seems to =
> =3D
> do the most in this area at the moment with their latest offerings.
>>=3D20
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>=3D20
>>=3D20
>> On Jul 5, 2010, at 9:07 AM, K1GAX wrote:
>>=3D20
>> =3D20
>> Actually, the "big three" had voice readouts years ago as an option.  =
> =3D
> I understand they were discontinued for lack of sales.
>>=3D20
>>=3D20
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [Wouxun_KG-UVD1] Who Else Is Listening!
>> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 09:01:10 -0400
>>=3D20
>> Yes, the Puxing radios have type acceptance, but they don't have a =3D
> dualband one. In note with some interest that the big three haven't =3D
> figured out how to make a handheld give any sort of voice readout and =
> =3D
> Puxing and Wouxun have. So, what, the other guys can't be bothered or =
> =3D
> what?=3D20
>>=3D20
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>=3D20
>>=3D20
>> On Jul 5, 2010, at 2:47 AM, John Wilkerson wrote:
>>=3D20
>> =3D20
>>=3D20
>> The Puxing PX-777 is approved (there is a vhf and uhf moded.. but only =
> =3D
> one is approved)   As for the rest.... nope.  Some hams are using all =
> =3D
> the multitudes of other radios; but unless the all-important FCC ID is =
> =3D
> there, then no one should touch them at all... I like it when I get my =
> =3D
> wouxun box that has an FCC logo on it :)  The radio I got from Ed has =
> =3D
> the FCC ID on the radio....
>> =3D20
>> Of course.... other Chinese comapnies may see the light and join the =
> =3D
> bandwagon and jump on board.... then what will happen?  Just like the =
> =3D
> "Big 3" automakers, the other manufacturers will trounce them.
>> =3D20
>> As for us hams.... We win :)
>>=3D20
>> From: Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Sun, July 4, 2010 9:25:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Wouxun_KG-UVD1] Who Else Is Listening!
>>=3D20
>>=3D20
>>=3D20
>> Yes, but to my knowledge, some of the others are not FCC type =3D
> accepted.=3D20
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>=3D20
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