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


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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