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Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 22 May 2011 19:49:20 -0500
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i know Ron well enough that is exactly what I planned to do and 
say!!!  And will likely get some kind of smart-aleck reply not fit 
for this or most other lists!!
PatAt 06:57 PM 5/22/2011, you wrote:
>so you phone up universal radio and you say "hey, do you guys have any
>TYT's?"
>Could be entertaining to say the least.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 5:57 PM
>Subject: Re: Talking handheld??
>
>
> > And Colin, And you probably have already done this:
> > Put TYT handheld transceiver in to Google and you get tons of results
> > including Wauxun, tYt and several more.  There seem to be several
> > manufacturers but I'm sure as are you that they all come from the
> > same main corporation.  Interesting stuff!!
> > Pat, K9JAU At 06:51 PM 5/22/2011, you wrote:
> >>jeff, perhaps i'm being a pompus ass, but aren't you subscribed to this
> >>list?
> >>or perhaps you were unsubscribed between today and 2 years ago?
> >>I say this because there has been loads of traffic regarding the talking
> >>handhelds on here over the past couple years...more in the past year.
> >>at any rate, the main one that has got everyones attention right now is
> >>the
> >>Wouxun dual band HT with speech output of nearly everything, except vfo or
> >>frequency readout.
> >>The handheld is around $100 from most retailers.
> >>It is the wouxun UDP-2d or something close to that..
> >>It's actually caught on quite well all over the place...several local hams
> >>have one and really like it.  A couple of the techier guys have them and
> >>have put them through their paces with all sorts of diagnostic gear and
> >>say
> >>they are at least as good as, or perhaps slightly better than say a TH F6A
> >>or IC T90...short of having the third band that is.
> >>check them out at
> >>HTTP://www.wouxun.us
> >>
> >>they are supposed to be releasing a dual band mobile radio very soon as
> >>well.
> >>
> >>73
> >>Colin, V A6BKX
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 5:44 PM
> >>Subject: Re: Talking handheld??
> >>
> >>
> >> >I didn't even know there were any talking handhelds.  What bands do they
> >> >cov=
> >> > er?
> >> >
> >> > Sent from my iPhone
> >> >
> >> > On May 22, 2011, at 7:35 PM, colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> perhaps it's just me, but I think most of the chinese manufactured
> >> >> handhel=
> >> > ds=20
> >> >> that talk, are likely produced by the same company, or subcitieries of
> >> >> the=
> >> > =20
> >> >> same head company.
> >> >> They all seem to be vertually the same with very minor differences.
> >> >> If this isn't the case, then I don't know how 67 different companies
> >> >> stay
> >> >> i=
> >> > n=20
> >> >> business all producing nearly identical products lol.
> >> >> 73
> >> >> Colin, V A6BKX
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----=20
> >> >> From: "Keith Reedy" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 2:30 PM
> >> >> Subject: Talking handheld??
> >> >>=20
> >> >>=20
> >> >>> The talking handheld of which you speak Pat, is that something new,
> >> >>> if
> >> >>> =3D=
> >> >
> >> >>> so, tell us more?
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> >> >
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