Hi,
Yes, i have placed several orders form them and it works good. You pay by Paypal.
But as I said, for the money you get a lot with this radio.
i only know Wouxun, have not tried Puxing or the others.
Christian
On 2010-01-08 at 18:49 Buddy Brannan wrote:
>Wow. And only $104. There's another radio of a different brand (says =
>it's Max Radio) which sounds identical, except that it's about $16 =
>cheaper. Wow. Price includes shipping, so says the Web site. Very =
>tempting to order one just for shits and giggles.=20
>http://www.409shop.com/409shop_product.php?id=3D104078
>--
>Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
>On Jan 8, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Christian wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have not been subscribed to this list for some time, so I don't know =
>if=3D
>> this has been brought up before, but here we go..
>> Some time ago I heared about a Chinese company creating handheld =
>radio's=3D
>> called Wouxun. I also heared that they offered a voice guide feature =
>so I=3D
>> decided to order one dual band radio.
>> I got the Wouxun KG-UVD1P from:
>> www.409shop.com
>> And for that price, you get alot of features that the other handheld=3D
>> radio's have.
>> But anyway, here are my observations regarding the voice guide =
>feature:
>> When you power the radio on it will tell you if you are in frequency =
>or in=3D
>> memory channel mode.
>> When entering the menu, the radio will say:
>> Function, select. You can then use the VFO or numpad to enter the =
>feature=3D
>> you would like to change, like squelch level, power, CTCS and so on.
>> However, not all menu items are spoken and if you use the VFO to =
>scroll the=3D
>> menu it will not say anything and it will not give any feedback when=3D
>> changing a setting except when pressing menu to confirm your =
>selection.
>> The radio will tell you if you start/stop scanning or if the keypad =
>is=3D
>> locked or unlocked.
>> It should also feature a low battery voice prompt, but I haven't tried =
>it=3D
>> yet.
>> It cannot read back the frequency. I have already contacted wouxun=3D
>> regarding this and they were very interested in hearing my comments =
>and=3D
>> sudgestions.
>> I have already sent them an email with sudgestions what they could do =
>to=3D
>> make their radio's accessible and that we would really apreciate it =
>since=3D
>> the other manufacture's don't seem to be willing to do this fully.
>> I think that this is great. Please, let me know if you awnt to know =
>more=3D
>> and if you want the user's manual. I have got it in Word-format since =
>the=3D
>> manual that can be found on their webpage is an imaged PDF and is not=3D=
>
>> accessible.
>> I think that this is important that we show them that we are =
>interested so=3D
>> that they really make the adjustments.
>> 73s,
>> Christian SM0UWV
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