Baofeng got through because the one submitted for the FCC approval you
couldn't program with the key pad, once it was type excepted they changed it
and haven't seemed too keen on fixing that situation. Now they're so popular
I'd doubt if it would be worth their while when you figure no one in their
right mind would ever use them on public service systems anyway other than
to cause problems and if they know enough how to program them to do that,
they'd find another way if they had to. They're very ugly on test equipment
too, very broad, very dirty. I can't tell you how many people put them on
equipment that I know but I know a lot of people who have done it and not
all found the same things but not one has ever seen one to be anywhere near
within spec.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Hand Helds
>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
>>
>>
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