[chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 111, Issue 13 - This just kills me (all)
Aubrey Turner
Sat Mar 24 12:28:08 PDT 2018
LOL
You confused me with the original post. I thought you were trying to
link to a UV-5R accessory. :-)
On 03/22/2018 07:04 AM, Dennis Wage wrote:
> What I am confused about is that my original post was not about radios
> at all.
>
> It was the fact that I had to pay almost $10 more than my UV-5R for a
> remote for my Apollo gate.
>
> How did this happen? ;-)
>
> Dennis M. Wage
>
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>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 6:44 AM, Chuck Hast <kp4djt at gmail.com
> <mailto:kp4djt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I just bought one the other day, a UV-5X3
>
> See comments in text below:
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 11:30 PM, Christopher F. Beesley
> <chrisbees2 at hotmail.com <mailto:chrisbees2 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I've said it before and I'll say it again. The whole concept
> of programmable devices that can be programmed to destruction
> by interfering with the 'wrong' memory is flawed from the
> start and I don't understand why people buy them. The whole
> concept of programmable devices that require the use of
> non-standard cables which in turn require the use of
> out-of-date drivers on the programming device is ridiculous.
> Why these radios have gained such a following is beyond me.
> Why most of them have not been returned for refunds the minute
> they exhibit the faults that I have read about on here time
> and time again is also beyond me. Whatever happened to Plug
> And Play?
>
> I removed radio from box, put it on the charger, and made sure it
> was charged.
> Then I plugged USB device into computer, and radio started Chirp,
> told it
> what the radio was, downloaded the original radio data, made a
> copy and
> started from there.
>
> As an example, even the cheapest printer has more complex
> user-selectable parameters available than most of the
> programmable radios. Printers come with drivers that work,
> with user-friendly user-interfaces that only allow the
> programming of whatever is sensibly programmable, and with
> hardware interfaces that are connected to the programming
> device via standard cables available from the average
> supermarket down the road. When I bought my UV5R it came with
> a programming cable that didn't work, and an incomprehensible
> CD full of software that is mostly useless. When I finally got
> something to work the user-interface to the spread-sheet
> lookalike was at best clunky - I would describe it as awful.
> There were no instructions to speak of and no support from the
> suppliers.
>
>
> I read the manual that came with the radio, yes it was somewhat
> banged up
> English but it got enough information to me to be able to get the
> radio up and
> going with a minimum of fidgeting.
>
> I see that most of the issues seem to revolve around the USB
> drivers for
> windows, but alas, I do not have that issue as I use Linux.
> Perhaps a change
> of OS?
>
> When I add up the hours I have spent and apply a reasonable
> hourly rate it becomes obvious that these radios are not cheap
> at all.
>
> I recently read somewhere that recent handhelds from at least
> one of the big three suffers from the same problems. That's it
> then - the end of amateur radio is nigh. My one regret is that
> me and my UV5R have contributed to that because I did not
> return it for a refund.
>
> (The UV5R is not a particularly good radio anyway. The colour
> display uses far too much power and cannot cope with bright
> sunlight. Mono displays are generally far better in both
> respects, and who really needs colour?)
>
> 73, Chris, an Amateur Radio operator since 1973.
>
>
> Yes the screens can be hard to read in sunlight, and you probably
> do not want
> to drop one on concrete, but for the price it really can't be
> beat, and I have
> a few young people that I think I can get going to become amateurs
> because of
> these little radios.
>
> Oh yes it took me perhaps a total of 15 minutes (not counting the
> charge time)
> to go from box to loaded radio, so I do not consider that a lot of
> wasted time.
>
> Yes there are a lot of issues, but for what I paid to get on the
> air with it, it is
> chump change.
>
> I even have 220 mHz on the little box, something I have never had
> a real chance
> at playing with.
>
> When I travel for work it is neat to be able to access 3 bands and
> get on the
> air from the hotel room on those 3 bands. All for less than $60.
> Can't beat that.
>
> And then there is the TYT MD-380, DMR all over the place, those
> two radios
> have made my amateur radio activity a lot more universal, so I
> will take the
> "issues" every day if i can get from a device what I get from
> those two radios.
>
> Best regards and above all:
> ENJOY!
> --
> Chirp + Editcp + MD380Tools on Linux
> Celestial!!!
> Chuck -- KP4DJT
>
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