I also purchased 2 of the HTs, one for VHF and one for UHF. I chose the FDC units at $59.50 shipping included although there are others.
The VHF covers 130-174 xmt and rcv. The UHF covers 400-474 xmt and rcv. Both are keyboard programmable, have 99 memories and come with a desk top charger that can charge battery attached or detached from the HT and runs on 110-240 VAC. A spare batter is $11.50. They have CTCSS and DCS and except for not having a DTMF pad they have lots of usable features. They will also do repeater offset programmable up to 10 MHz. I am not sure if they will do 12.5 or 6.25 kHz tuning. The manual, same for VHF and UHF, is in English and think Japanese and is about 15 pages each. The manual explains little about what does what, only how to setup to do whatever. Tells you how to prog CTCSS tone, but has little info on what CTCSS is. Same with rest of features. One can see these HTs at www.radiogearpro.com. The cost includes shipping. I use these on the Ham Bands, but another reason was for ARES/RACES/ACS operation. In a disaster one will need to talk with other agencies, even the power company. These can be setup in the field for this. As Hams we can operate these rigs. However, they are not type accepted for the US and think use in commercial can be a problem even GMRS or MURS. The largest market for these rigs are the mom and pop businesses needing some sort of HT comm. I am not sure what customs would do with these if they knew of the non-type acceptance. Might be a problem, but mine came thru with no problem. Takes about 10 days for coming from far east, think China or Tiwan. 73, ron, n9ee/r >From: safemale1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2008/07/06 Sun AM 03:39:33 EDT >To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [Repeater-Builder] china made radios > > >i have a ht that was made in china and sold in tiwone spelling? >it was/is 60 shiped >136-174 mhz 5 watt >the worst part in the man. butt for the price i love it >lots more radio for the buck >1/2 the price of a yasue >sorry for the offtopic >i will shut my mouth > >At 08:15 PM 7/5/2008, you wrote: > > > Ron Wright, N9EE 727-376-6575 MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL No tone, all are welcome.
