I think most of the handhelds are made by the same company or companies now
be they from the chinese or the big 3, I've seen so many of the big 3 lately
that are designed so similar in the housing it's not even funny. I'm not
sure about the mobiles though, the Kenwood TM-271A is made to a commercial
standard and I have yet to know anyone who's had a problem with one, really
it looks like one of their commercial radios but sounds more like a Motorola
which it also resembles but it seems like icom and yaesu have qc issues
lately on that side. I don't think they make their own either, if they make
anything of their own it's the HF equipment.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 7:57 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
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>> >>> if
>> >>> =3D=
>> >
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