Isn't that so! I was thinking about the same thing before I read
your note. All the new stuff is great but, at least for me, there is
a little nostalgia about the old days and the old ways. Guess I'm
becoming an even older fart!
Pat, K9JAUAt 06:48 PM 8/30/2012, you wrote:
>Colin,
>
>Again, thanks for all of your useful feedback. It sounds like an excellent
>little handheld for the money. I have to laugh at myself when I think of
>the many rigs I have had over the years with no voice chips and didn't
>speak anything. We just had to learn how to use them, counting dial
>revolutions, using our crystal calibrators, our tuning gimmicks, etc. How
>spoiled we have become!! <Big smile>
>
>Ron, AC4HM
>
>
>At 05:33 PM 8/30/2012 -0600, you wrote:
> >oh sorry ron, I didn't address the second question.
> >Like I said, there is no current software that is screen reader friendly
> >that I know of for the UV5R.
> >Buddy may know something I don't, but neither chirp nor the
> supplied baofeng
> >software are accessible.
> >So the programming cable isn't that useful, unless you have a kenwood HT
> >that you want to use the cable on.
> >The ear bud head set can be useful if you don't mind using something like
> >that...it sounds good both on RX, and on tx using the small PTT switch on
> >the headphone wire and the inline microphone.
> >SO I would say forget about the cable unless you have a kenwood HT that you
> >can use it on, and the headset is kind of a flimsey little thing that is
> >more bother than it's worth for my operating.
> >A real speaker mike is more useful I think.
> >That said, you will most often get something added into the
> package and it's
> >not going to cost more to have it or not have it added to the package...
> >
> >73
> >Colin V A6BKX
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 4:59 PM
> >Subject: Re: Baofeng UV-5R
> >
> >
> >> Colin,
> >>
> >> Re the Baofeng UV-5R
> >>
> >> Your review of the Baofeng UV-5R is greatly appreciated. I have a couple
> >> of questions:
> >>
> >> 1. What controls and functions are spoken and what ones are not?
> >>
> >> 2. I see some of the packages advertised include a software CD and cable
> >> and some do not, and some include a earphone/mic and some do not. Based
> >> on
> >> your experience, or anyone elses, what is more important to look for in a
> >> total package and what is not all that useful or important?
> >>
> >> Again, your candid feedback is most appreciated!
> >>
> >> Ron, AC4HM
> >>
> >
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