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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