The newest revision of the hardware, sold by Ed Griffin of 
http://wouxun.us/ comes with a dual-band antenna and is apparently 
better behaved.

Sounds like a good place to start building a simplex IRLP micronode, 
since its "low" power setting will quite adequately do the job.

Joseph


On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 11:43:30AM -0600, colin McDonald wrote:
>they are essentially a clone of the yaesu VX3R.
>Except they will do two watts output instead of 1.5, and they do not have
>the wide band receiver that the yaesu rig does.
>Also, due to poor design, they actually recommend you use separate antennas
>for VHF and UHF bands because using a dual band antenna somehow reduces the
>performance of the radio...none of the marketting info says that, but I
>suspect that is why they come with two, mono band antennas instead of a
>single dual band.
>A friend just bought 5 of them with a programming cable.  I'll be able to
>provide more info soon when I get my paws on one.
>He got them for just under $50 canadian each which includes shipping.
>They do not have a keypad on the front, so programming is done similar to
>other micro HT's by setting the VFO.
>So, you would select your megahertz, then kilohertz.  They are also,
>obviously, software programmable, but I can't yet speak to the accessibility
>of the programming software.
>We intend to use them for a local area repeater and not for any long range
>or for repeaters more than a few miles away.
>Like I said, I'll provide a good run down on accessibility and work arounds
>once I get ahold of one of my friends radios.
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BS
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Simpson" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 11:20 AM
>Subject: Baofeng Dual Band HT UV-3R radios.
>
>
>> Is anyone familiar with the Baofeng Dual Band HT UV-3R radios. Our radio
>> club sold four of them at last night's meeting for $65 apiece, and this
>> was
>> with a slight markup to benefit the club treasury. I understand they can
>> be
>> had for $45 or $50, and that they are programmable (maybe not by a blind
>> person).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Eric Clegg
>> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:16 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Ut102 Speech Board On Icom Rigs
>>
>> Hello listers,
>>
>> I asked this question a few weeks ago on the list. But was not getting any
>> mail from the list for some reason.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know how to turn up the volume on an Icom Ut102 speech board?
>>
>>
>>
>> It is a lots softer than other output from the radio.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> For some reason the last few days I've been getting messages from this
>> list.
>>
>>
>>
>> any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> KU3I
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