Where did you find this for $40.00?  Last I looked they were around 
$70.00.

Keep me posted, I'm considering getting a 440 version.  What size is 
this thing?  What familiar model could you compare it to as far as 
physical size?
Thanks.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Gary Lee wrote:

> Got a friend to help me get the voice up and running.
> It is pre-recorded human speech.  Very heavily accented but =
> understandable.
> Haven't figured out how to set pl tones yet, but have managed to set up =
> an offset.
> I will do a full write up when I get it all figured out.
> Currently, the tones do not talk, and memory programming is tricky.  =
> Also, haven't found a way to read what frequency you are on or other =
> info directly from the display.
> However, its a decent start.  Now one must wonder, if a chinese company =
> of unknown engineering talent and capitalization can do this for such a =
> low price, ($41.00 +$45.00 shipping), Where are kenwood, yaesu, and icom =
> with their million dollar engineering staffs, and state of the art =
> manufacturing facilities?=20
> We need tto find a way to ask this question more forcefully.
>
> 73, will write when I have more info.
>