Hi,
It is a dualband radio, works on 2 and 440. There's also a version for 2 and 220. It doesn't do true dual receive though, but it does have sort of dual watch.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On May 25, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Anthony Vece wrote:
> Hi Buddy;
> This is not a dual-band razio is it?
> Will this radio play on both 2 and 440?
> Thanks
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 24, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi y'all,
>>
>> Just got one of these Wouxun KG-UVd1P radios on Saturday. There's at =
>> least one distributor in the US that sells them; he doesn't have
>> prices =
>> posted or an online shopping cart yet, but he takes Paypal and was
>> very =
>> prompt in Emailing. Also very nice to deal with, and interested in
>> how =
>> the radio works for blind hams. Yes, the radio is legal for the US =
>> market, and is Part 90 (commercial land mobile) type accepted, so
>> it's =
>> just fine to use on the ham bands; no trouble with it, or getting
>> it. =
>> While it's a few dollars more to buy from Ed at http://www.wouxun.us
>> he =
>> handles warranty service (which means he deals with the factory in =
>> China, so you don't have to), which is worth something to me. Fewer =
>> delays, one would suppose, should warranty service be required, than =
>> would be the case if ordering from one of the many online places or
>> eBay =
>> sellers in Hong Kong, such as 409shop.com. Also, if ordering from
>> Ed, =
>> you won't have to worry that your radio might get nabbed by customs
>> and =
>> help for extra brokerage fees, since the HK places declare them at
>> low =
>> value and marked as "gift", to avoid paying higher import taxes.
>> Also =
>> probably worth something.=20
>>
>> Even at that ($107 for the radio, plus $13.50 shipping for radio
>> plus =
>> any accessories you buy, and Ed doesn't trow in the PTT earphone),
>> and =
>> $24 for the spare battery, other accessories are a little more from
>> Ed =
>> than from 409shop, it's a real bargain. And I got it in two days, as =
>> opposed to two weeks. Even with buying a second battery, USB cable,
>> AA =
>> battery holder, and DC cigarette lighter adapter, and even after
>> paying =
>> the Paypal fees and shipping, I still spent less than $200. The
>> battery =
>> was the most expensive accessory at $24.=20
>>
>> This feels like a solid radio, and it has a nice loud speaker. It =
>> definitely packs a bit more of a whallop than the Kenwood TH-F6A, =
>> certainly more bass and less tinny. As Christian said, all menus can
>> be =
>> programmed with numbers, which is good, because there is no beep at
>> the =
>> beginnings or at the default positions. Not all the menus have voice =
>> tags either, so a cheat sheet is probably a good idea. (I need to
>> get =
>> the menu listing.) It isn't too bad to program from the keyboard.
>> And =
>> the software is fairly usable with a screen reader, though not so
>> nice =
>> as the Icom programming software I used from RT Systems; it does
>> require =
>> some navigation with the mouse keys to get to the channel
>> programming, =
>> and sometimes the screen reader guesses at the control labels wrong,
>> but =
>> once you get the hang of it, it's OK, but you'd better be familiar
>> with =
>> your screen reader's mouse navigation. I used it with both Window-
>> Eyes =
>> and with System Access, and Window-Eyes is a little bit easier to
>> work =
>> with.=20
>>
>> I would recommend, if you get the software, to set a reset password,
>> so =
>> you don't accidentally reset the radio. I did accidentally reset
>> mine, =
>> and it came back up talking in Chinese. Fortunately, I'd saved the =
>> programming out, so restoring it was easy enough. Still, better not
>> to =
>> accidentally do it in the first place.
>>
>> One other thing. You will want to find an SMA gender changer if you
>> want =
>> to use something besides the standard antenna the radio comes with.
>> Its =
>> SMA connector is backwards from Icom/Kenwood/Yaesu, in that the
>> threaded =
>> bit is on the antenna, while the bit with the center pin that you
>> thread =
>> the connector into is on the radio. IMO this is probably a better =
>> arrangement than the other way, but it's still backwards from all
>> the =
>> available aftermarket antennas.=20
>>
>> I plan on working up a use document for blind hams for this thing.
>> As =
>> radios go, it really is pretty accessible, even if as much stuff as
>> we'd =
>> like doesn't talk. Most of what does is only marginally useful, but
>> even =
>> so, it's more than the big three have done thus far.=20
>>
>> Also, thanks to Christian, SM0UWV, for initially turning us onto
>> this =
>> radio. If anyone still has his Word doc with the manual in it, I'd
>> be =
>> ever so grateful if you'd send it; I've unfortunately lost my copy. =
>> Between it, what I've found out on my own and from others, and a
>> nice =
>> little getting started PDF that Ed sent me, I should be able to put =
>> together a nice document for us.=20
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
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