[amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's

2009-06-11 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 12:13 +1000, Tony Langdon wrote: At 07:09 AM 6/11/2009, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: I actually have one of the JT-308s, and found it to be not too bad. It's a bit deaf and it has not got the cleanest output but there are no particular nasties in the output. A VX-7 is

[amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's (Howard Kowall) (Ben Jackson)

2009-06-10 Thread Clint Bradford
Partially sorry about my tirade last night. I am just sick of those hams who are cheapskates, and love their bargains that they find from questionable sources ... no matter whether or not the equipment carries an FCC ID number or not. The use of such illegal equipment demeans us all. Just

[amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's

2009-06-10 Thread David - KG4ZLB
A couple or three years ago there was an influx of h/t's into the UK via e-bay with origins in China - I believe they were marketed under the name JingTong (I kid you not) If I recall correctly, they were so bad and caused so much interference that eventually the Regulatory Authority stepped

[amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's

2009-06-10 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 14:39 -0400, David - KG4ZLB wrote: A couple or three years ago there was an influx of h/t's into the UK via e-bay with origins in China - I believe they were marketed under the name JingTong (I kid you not) If I recall correctly, they were so bad and caused so much

[amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's

2009-06-10 Thread Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
The tone may well have been clean but was certainly much too loud. There's usually a level pot you can adjust. Tony Langdon wrote: I have one also. Biggest problem I found was that when I enabled CTCSS, it put this loud rumble onto the audio. Sounded like I was mobile. Certainly wasn't

[amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's

2009-06-09 Thread Howard Kowall
Sorry here is the Link http://www.wouxun.com/Two-Way-Radio/KG-UVD1.htm Howard From: Howard Kowall To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:58 PM Subject: Full Duplex HT's Hello to all Just a follow up to the posting of full duplex handhelds Came across this ht,that

[amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's (Howard Kowall)

2009-06-09 Thread Clint Bradford
Howard - Tell your friend to stay away from Chinese crap and purchase products approved by the governing boards of his own country. Sorry for the attitude ... But China owns way to much of my country, and all they produce is inferior crap that U.S. citizens eat up at Wal- Mart and similar