Hi
     Well, with $31 shipping I paid $81 for my 70 centimeter version. I am 
still trying to figure out how to set the CTCSS manually but other than this 
I am loving it!

God bless,
Mark
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: got the puxing today


> 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.
>>
>
>