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In my area there are several 6 meter repeaters, they don't get used a lot but we do have activity on them and there are NETS every week on a few of the repeaters. I use a Ringo 6 meter vertical up at about 30 feet and have no problem with the repeaters which are almost 40 to 50 miles away. I...
A good antenna is a must. As was said you can pay $5000 for a neat looking radio, but if it's deaf, you're only going to sit there and play with knobs and entertain yourself.
I have a new Yaesu FT 2000D the 200 Watt model with matching speaker and desk mic, into an Ameritron AL 811H...
I have one of the new KG UV8D hand held units and it's great. I'ts got a true dual band vfo. It has 2 signal meters that actually work, unlike the Baofeng's which use an icon that says you have a signal or you dont. The Wouxun, has an amazing receiver, and the cross banding feature works...
Back in the early 80's there were about 28 2 meter, 220, and 440 repeaters in the area I am in. These repeaters were so busy every day all day and late into the night that you almost had to wait in line to make a contact of just say hello to someone, they were super busy. I used to use many...
I searched Google and could not find a clue on what that means. I know that this is an older radio, but it appears to be an ok dual bander. I don't think you can compare it to a Yaesu 7900 they are like day and night when it comes to features, as well as price. I own Kenwood TM V71A and it...
If you're studying for your ham license then you know that the VHF ham spectrum on 2 meters is from 144 to 148 mhz. Using a ham radio to transmit at 150 mhz is illegal . You would need something like FRS, or GMRS radio not an amateur radio. There are some good FRS and GMRS radios that...
Thats probably an ok radio for anyone who likes packet, and gps which I do not. I did packet back in the 80's and after 6 months got rid of all the equipment for it...But thats just me , a lot of hams love the digital modes. The price tag is way over the top, I'd never pay that kind of money...
I bought several of the after market chinese speaker mic's for my collection of chinese hand helds. I also bought a real Kenwood MC 34 speaker/mic and I'd have to say after using it on all the hand helds I have gotten the Kenwood works the best. It is the clearest and loudest of the mic's I...
I chose the V 71A Kenwood over the 8800 because it can be remote controlled from my hand held, or from my Icom dual band mobile from almost 20 , miles away. Remote controlling it from my hand held is more practical for me because I can be out in the yard of just a few miles up at the mall or...
I think sometimes the reason I use this Puxing hand held to cross band repeat is because many yeas ago I was using my fairly new Kenwood TM 721 mobile regularly to crossband repeat with a friend on simplex, and I guess I was just to lazy to sit in the radio room and rag chew for a long time, so...
Thank you, I was able to download the file and it worked great. I could see right away when I loaded it on the computer that it was the correct program as it had the options that are specific to the Puxing UV973.
Thanks again...
Thank you I tried to get to the files but it says I have to subscribe to that uv973 group. I added my email address on the page but so far I have no confirmation and don't know if it subcribed me or not. Are the UV973 files anywhere else besides the yahoo group? I'll try to get subscribed...
I just wanted to say I bought one of these Puxing PX UV973 radios and I really like it. I have 5 of the Chinese HT's and from just playing around with the Puxing today for a few hours I have to say it's the best one I bought so far.
I like the true dual receive feature, I can listen to 2...
Thank you for the good report on this Puxing, I'm going to order one and give it a shot, I like the dual receive idea, as you say that alone is well worth the cost. I wonder if you had a chance to get any reports on how the TX audio sounds, I know other Puxing's had problems with low...
I'm not sure that I would use an HT to cross band repeat, however I have had several instances where it would have really come in handy where I was not able to set up the mobile unit. I've got a small dual band amp I picked up at a hamfest, and it pumps out about 25 watts VHF, and 15 on UHF...
Some repeaters have HF links and can hook up that way.. We had one that linked up to a 10 meter FM station in the Virgin Islands , it was great when there were good band conditions...
I'm sorry for the confusion, when I looked up the Wouxun KG UV6D this is the spec's that I got off the sellers web page on that radio, and I read where it had no 2.5 khz step. But I'm glad you have a new version that has it on the radio...
This is what I got off the sellers web site...
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