VV808

[Mudfoot]

I'll try to get something up soon.

It's not what I would call scrambling. When listening to the scrambled transmission on another radio, it just sounds like a tinny robot voice. If you listen carefully, you can understand what is being said.

Anyways, the little thing rocks in performance. The software has some very very nice features that I wished other HT's had. It's very customizable with commercial like features. I especially, like the ability to program lease times. You can program the unit to operate within a user specified date range. You can also set passwords for menu functions.

I am still learning and playing with different user profiles.

 

[Mudfoot]

I had it configured wrong. It definitely scrambles. In the linked recording, I am repeating the numbers 1 thru 5, for a few times. The recording starts in a few seconds. Had to put my UV5R in next room with recorder to reduce feedback.

http://db.tt/K3CEb42j

 

[Mudfoot]

I made a little, back of set antenna, using a Comet BNC-24. I listen to the FM radio quite a bit. The internal speaker really sounds good.

 

[The Mad Scientist]

So would you say that it was worth the small investment? I was wondering what your intended purpose was for it?

 

[Se7en]

I had it configured wrong. It definitely scrambles. In the linked recording, I am repeating the numbers 1 thru 5, for a few times. The recording starts in a few seconds. Had to put my UV5R in next room with recorder to reduce feedback.

http://db.tt/K3CEb42j

ahahaha! that's funny, kinda sounds like SSB:bdh:

Here's a REAL scrambled audio:

P-25 adp encryption - YouTube

We use AES-256 at a few locations.

thanks for the upload

 

[Mudfoot]

Yeah, it kinda sounds like simple inversion. It seems to work.

 

[BobCB]

I had planned on ordering one of these but I wound up finding a new 20 watt UHF amplifier for $30 shipped so I got it. I figure I'll use that with one of my portables for a while instead.

I'll wait a little bit longer before getting a VV-808 to see if any other manufacturers start competing with it.

 

[Nicholas440]

I bet one of the manufactures will have a dual band version of that little radio soon...

 

[BrickOLore]

I got the 2M version. I can confirm the Chinese manual is not very useful - at least to me. However, as m42duster said, that's not a huge problem. Looking at the software (which is easy to use) really helped me with understanding the features of the vv-808.

I've taken some screen shots of the software.

Brick O'Lore: Leixen VV-808: Programming Screen Shots

And here is a sample of what is written to the config file by the software.

Brick O'Lore: Leixen VV-808: Sample Config File

I've barely had a chance to play with it, but no complaints so far.

Cheers,
Brick

 

[Mudfoot]

I bet one of the manufactures will have a dual band version of that little radio soon...

That would be nice. They must be using up a surplus of monoband boards.

 

[Carl]

What does it have for tones? Standard pl or just ctcss like the baofengs and like? Its interesting but would rather spend the extra 40 bucks on a kenwood 281a or somthing.
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[BobCB]

Price change. Looks like the price has jumped up to $95 shipped. Not really worth it to me now. When prices drop or they release a dual-band version I'll be interested again.

 

[BrickOLore]

Looks like the price has jumped up to $95 shipped. Not really worth it to me now.

I was e-mailing with the seller and I told her the exact same thing.

The web site does show they have a new model... the VV-808S, but I don't see anything that suggests it is a dual band.

 

[Nicholas440]

I still believe they have a dual band already but have not posted anything about it yet...

 

[BrickOLore]

I still believe they have a dual band already but have not posted anything about it yet...

I traded e-mails with Eileen at Leixen after seeing a VV-898 posted on their site. She confirms that is will be a dual band mobile, but says it may be a while before it is available.

Brick O'Lore: Leixen VV-898: Dual Band

Cheers,
B