On 27 Mar 2010 at 13:27, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:

Date sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:27:40 +0000 From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio To: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" gary_mayfield@hotmail.com Copies to: amsat-bb@amsat.org

They are quite popular but I doubt they do anything "very well".

On 27-Mar-10 13:04, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:

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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 was told the TX audio is very low and some tweaking is necessary.

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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... http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/7344

...these are NOT dual-band radios. There is a VHF model and a UHF model, but no dual-band model. You can read the eHam review quoted above yourself, but to summarize, most folks seemed to think it was a decent radio for the price, as long as they didn't really need dual-band operation, could put up with the mangled English of the manual, and used the software to program it instead of fighting with the buttons to program it...

73 de W0JT

Raul,

A picture is worth a 1000 words. It looks like a good receiver.

73, Joe kk0sd

-----Original Message----- From: CE3SOC Raul Romero [mailto:ce3soc@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 video talk more letter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhMda5btD6w

73 Raul CA3SOC

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" gary_mayfield@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 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

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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 of individuals who have purchased other, similar, Chinese brand radios, only to have them seized by Customs.

I'd steer clear of them....

George, KA3HSW

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" gary_mayfield@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 8:04 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] WOUXUN Radio

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

Although the manual has plenty of claims about FCC acceptance, I consider these things to be "experiments", i.e. it's up to me to ensure that they comply with the specifications for an amateur-radio transceiver. In 1992 when I cut the red and blue wires in my Alinco DJ-580T HT 30 minutes after I bought it, the radio was instantly capable of transmitting in all sorts of bands. All I wanted was operation on the 435-438 MHz satellite frequencies. I never felt any need to transmit on 162.4, etc.

Yes there is always the possibility that customs may not want you to have these rigs, but it's not what you have, but what you do with it...

Caveat Emptor...

Andy W5ACM

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernie Howard" w8eh.ernie@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 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 minimum they need part 15 certification to be imported for amateur use.

On 3/28/2010 4:33 PM, George Henry wrote:

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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 of individuals who have purchased other, similar, Chinese brand radios, only to have them seized by Customs.

I'd steer clear of them....

George, KA3HSW

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