Hi,

There are some that offer the UV-3R, which is a different HT than this one. The UV-3R is something like the Yaesu VX-2R or similar, no keypad, 2 watts, small enough to lose between the sofa cushions. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Mar 4, 2012, at 2:23 PM, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Seems to me like I saw a site that was offering that HT here in the U. S.=
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> Date: 3/3/2012 4:38:04 PM=0D
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> Subject: New Cheap Dualband HT=0D
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> No type 90 acceptance for this yet, and no US sellers yet, but there's a =
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> new dual band HT, the Baofeng UV-5R. It apparently has voice =3D=0D
> annunciation like the Wouxun has, and now it looks like they have =3D=0D
> versions that speak English. Around $60 will get you one. I'm thinking =3D=
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> how blind accessible it is. It sounds pretty similar to the Wouxun, 128 =3D=
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> channels, all the usual sorts of things.=3D20=0D
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> Here's a link to an eBay seller, who claims that the version he has =3D=0D
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> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA=0D
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY