You want a real wakeup call,  call around in a state that's not allowed to 
publish the price of commercial radios. Call around, 1 place a radio will be 
$300, another place that same exact one will be $700, and I'm serious. MA is 
like that and I did some checking when I wanted to get a decent GMRS radio. 
I eventually went to ebay because the prices were too high for me. I made 
out alright though I did have a problem with the portable and am looking for 
a new one when I can afford it. These might just be a good option though I 
can say it's not legal in the GMRS band because they're front pannel 
programmable.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:43 PM
Subject: puxing px777


>I found some more info on the puxing px777.
> I googled puxing and came across their company website.
> I checked under their certification link, and the px777 is specifically
> certified by the FCC by a US bassed standards lab.
> Now, i didn't persue this further to see if the certification actually
> allows the px777 to be type excepted for amateur use in the US, but that
> wouldn't be difficult to find out from their data bass i suspect.
> The company that builds these radios is ISO9000 certified, which in itself
> lends credibility that many chinese manufacturers don't have.
> they are apparently a credible quality controlled company that appears to 
> be
> able to build self programmable radios, have them fcc approved and then 
> sell
> them in the US.
> Now you can see how much proffit the big companies like kenwood, icom and
> yaesu, and especially motorola are making on their radios which are all 
> now
> built in china.
> $50 for a handheld, which kenwood or motorola will then sell for $800.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX