very similar to the TH F6A's battery or power saving feature...only on the 
kenwood, you can manually set the sleep and wake times...the radio goes to 
sleep every 3 seconds by default on the TH F6A, and sleeps for 1 second 
before listening for a signal again...it automatically does this by default 
and most people wouldn't even notice it.
As buddy said, sometimes you can tell when the air has been quiet for a 
while and someone keys the repeater and starts yapping the second the ptt is 
pressed...there is an ever so slight delay and you'll miss the first second 
sometimes...I think all ham radios should come with a feature as seen in 
many commercial radios and public safety radios...a beep indicating that the 
repeater has been brought up and you don't talk until you hear the beep...
I know this is done for the soul purpose of sending the individual radio's 
ID and in a trunking system to allow time for the various radios and control 
systems to sync up, but it's a great feature that always insures that others 
hear every word you want to say right from the first sylable.
73
Colin, V A6BKX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: wouxun save battery mode.


> If you turn battery save on, it sleeps a couple seconds every couple =
> seconds. It doesn't go into standby or automatically turn off though. =
> That said, it has phenomenally good battery life.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2011, at 11:26 AM, chad morrison wrote:
>
>> Was just wondering if anyone knew what the wouxun hand held does to =
> save =3D
>> battery life.  For example, does it go in to a stand by mode after so =
> =3D
>> long with no opporation?  just wondering thanks chad
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