<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hmmm. There's SOMETHING about "font size" in the '898 manual. I've not read that part. Maybe it's what you're looking to find. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">See:</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><a href="http://www.miklor.com/VV898/pdf/VV898_UserManual.pdf">http://www.miklor.com/VV898/pdf/VV898_UserManual.pdf</a></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">(As an aside, a "font" actually is a specific lettering style -- or typeface -- in a particular size. Changing size is changing "font," although this is not how the word is commonly used. I used to teach computer graphics.) </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Dave<br><br><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Sent from my iPhone </span></div><div>DSP</div></div><div><br>On Nov 11, 2015, at 2:52 PM, Bob Burkett <<a href="mailto:r.l.burkett@gmail.com">r.l.burkett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Are there any low cost mobiles like this with and alpha/numeric display?<div><br></div><div>Bob</div><div>KF3BY</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 8:48 AM, <a href="mailto:dmdfacp@gmail.com">dmdfacp@gmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmdfacp@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmdfacp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>The VV-898 can be had for $70, delivered, from eBay. It's offered at $69.99 plus about $10 postage, but with the Make an Offer option. </div><div>I bought one for $69.99, delivered from the USA. I've tried to send a screen capture, twice, but the image exceeds the message size. <br><br><div><span style="font-size:13pt">Sent from my iPhone </span></div><div>DSP</div></div><div><br>On Nov 11, 2015, at 4:00 AM, Dave Nathanson <<a href="mailto:KG6ZJO@nathanson.org" target="_blank">KG6ZJO@nathanson.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div>Thanks John, Ray, Shon & Mark. All helpful info. <div>And I'm continually amazed at the deep resources at the miklor site! :-) <br><div><br></div><div>73,</div><div><div><div>Dave Nathanson</div><div>KG6ZJO</div><br>
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<div style="font-family:monospace">On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Mark Waggoner via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>> wrote:</div><br style="font-family:monospace"><div style="font-family:monospace">Just a heads up, there is an updated version of the Juntai radio coming out shortly. John Miklor has been beta testing and says it's worth the wait. </div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div><div>On Nov 10, 2015, at 7:45 AM, John LaMartina <<a href="mailto:johnla@usa.net" target="_blank">johnla@usa.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dave,<br>Here is the review of the VV898 series.<br></span></font><a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_VV898.php" target="_blank">http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_VV898.php</a><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>as well as the<br><a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_KT8900.php" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_KT8900.php</a><br>An updated version of the KT8900 is to be released in about 5 days.<br>(no bugs and more features)<br><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">The VV898 is CHIRP compatible.<br>The KT8900 is not CHIRP compatible yet.</span></b><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">John<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span> </span><a href="http://www.miklor.com/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.miklor.com</a><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></font></div><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span> </span>Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:20 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b><span> </span>Chirp Discussion<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b><span> </span>[chirp_users] inexpensive Dual Band Mobile radios?<u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">[This is sort of off-topic, but hinges on CHIRP support for the radio] <u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Howdy, I'd like to get a recommendation for a dual band mobile radio for a new ham that will (probably) not use it a whole lot. But it needs to work reliably enough, even if not a lot of features. Actually less features is fine, that is just less stuff to not understand & less to forget between uses! :-) <u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mounting a UV5R in a car doesn't seem like a good idea. Can anyone offer anything good or bad about<span> </span><b><span style="font-weight:bold">any</span></b><span> </span>"inexpensive" mobile dual band ham radio, including the <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Leixen VV-898 or Jetstream JT270M</span></b><span> </span>(apparently the same radio). It is one of the few cheap Mobile units I see on the list of CHIRP supported radios. <u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Amazon reviews seem fairly ok, especially for $99. I'm interested in a CHIRP-supported radio. This is intended for an 1997 Jeep Cherokee, and a small radio is probably a better match. It does need to be a dual bander. <u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">If the cost gets anywhere even near $200, I'd just recommend the Yaesu 7900 or Yaseu 8800. But for this situation, I'm open to hearing about cheaper alternatives that I might be able to recommend until this new ham grows into the "sport". <u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thanks for your helpful council. <u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">73,<u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dave Nathanson<u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">KG6ZJO<u></u><u></u></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">PS: if you know of a better forum to ask about CHIRP compatible mobile radios, it's ok to shoot me a pm or direct email about it. <u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to<span> </span><a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></div></div><br></div></div></div><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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