[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-30 Thread Ari Kosonen
Hi, Joe KK0SD wrote: Has anyone bought and played with one of these ultra cheap WOUXUN dual band hand helds that are selling on eBay? Do they hear well enough for satellite operation? I also recently got a Wouxun KG-UVD1P and today gave it a try on HO-68. My antenna is a long telescopic

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-28 Thread Andy MacAllister
Leblanc luclebla...@videotron.ca To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio On 27 Mar 2010 at 13:27, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: Date sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:27:40 + From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF ni...@ngunn.net

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-28 Thread George Henry
Are they FCC certificated (type-accepted)? If not, (and, given that they are user-programmable to operate on Public Service frequencies, they almost certainly aren't) they may not be legally imported into the US, regardless of their intended use. There are stories in the eBay Community area

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-28 Thread Ernie Howard
There was some chatter from the FCC on these WOUXUN units last year. It's like you said, they were user programmable onto non-ham frequencies, and that concerned the FCC. There were some importers/dealers who got in the mess. A little google searching should turn up some material on this. At a

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-28 Thread Andy MacAllister
not what you have, but what you do with it... Caveat Emptor... Andy W5ACM - Original Message - From: Ernie Howard w8eh.er...@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 4:28 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio There was some chatter from the FCC on these WOUXUN

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-28 Thread Gary Joe Mayfield
Raul, A picture is worth a 1000 words. It looks like a good receiver. 73, Joe kk0sd -Original Message- From: CE3SOC Raul Romero [mailto:ce3...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 7:06 PM To: Gary Joe Mayfield; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WOUXUN Radio one

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-27 Thread Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
They are quite popular but I doubt they do anything very well. On 27-Mar-10 13:04, Gary Joe Mayfield wrote: Has anyone bought and played with one of these ultra cheap WOUXUN dual band hand helds that are selling on eBay? Do they hear well enough for satellite operation? 73, Joe kk0sd

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-27 Thread tosca005
On Mar 27 2010, Gary \Joe\ Mayfield wrote: Has anyone bought and played with one of these ultra cheap WOUXUN dual band hand helds that are selling on eBay? Do they hear well enough for satellite operation? 73, Joe kk0sd I have zero first-hand experience, but according to...

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-27 Thread CE3SOC Raul Romero
one video talk more letter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhMda5btD6w 73 Raul CA3SOC - Original Message - From: Gary Joe Mayfield gary_mayfi...@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 10:04 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] WOUXUN Radio Has anyone bought and played

[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio

2010-03-27 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 27 Mar 2010 at 13:27, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: Date sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:27:40 + From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF ni...@ngunn.net Subject:[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio To: Gary \Joe\ Mayfield gary_mayfi...@hotmail.com