I don't know what model you're using, but many ham friends have told me 
their radios can't be programmed from the keypad as they had to do that 
to meet type exceptance.  The baufung got through some how.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Fri, 29 May 
2015, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:

> Sarah,
>
> I am partial to the Wouxun models.
>
> I have owned one of the original models since 2010, and it has seen a
> bunch of use, almost daily.
>
> Most of them are in the $100 to $140 range, and can be bought at almost
> any ham equipment dealer, especially the traditional ones such as HRO,
> AES, and Universal Radio.
>
> They cost more than the Beofengs,  but in my opinion at least, they are
> much better radios. Plus, they are much easier to program from the
> keypad itself.
>
> The voice feedback is similar to what you have with the beofeng, but
> you do not get that feedback for the PL tones.
>
> There is a work around for that, which is explained in the
> documentation that was developed by Buddy Brannon and others for the
> early Wouxun model.
>
> -- 
> Mike Duke, K5XU
>
>