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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Off topic ... But I use "Mini PXT" on my iPhone and
iPad to reduce the size of images I'm sending. It can create a new
iMessage, or can save the reduced picture back to the camera roll (or
both). Seems to work well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Regards, Dave VK2FDJS<BR> </DIV>
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<A title=dmdfacp@gmail.com
href="mailto:dmdfacp@gmail.com">dmdfacp@gmail.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">Discussion of CHIRP</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:48
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [chirp_users] inexpensive
Dual Band Mobile radios?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<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 id=AppleMailSignature>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">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>
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<DIV>Dave Nathanson</DIV>
<DIV>KG6ZJO</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV>
<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">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</A>>
wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline
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>
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<DIV>
<DIV>On Nov 10, 2015, at 7:45 AM, John LaMartina <<A
href="mailto:johnla@usa.net">johnla@usa.net</A>> wrote:</DIV><BR
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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">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 style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; COLOR: purple"
href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_KT8900.php">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><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=3 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">John<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=3 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">-<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; COLOR: purple"
href="http://www.miklor.com/">http://www.miklor.com</A><BR><BR><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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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
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:20
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Chirp Discussion<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[chirp_users] inexpensive Dual Band
Mobile radios?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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] <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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!
:-) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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 class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">any</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>"inexpensive" mobile dual band ham
radio, including the <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Leixen VV-898 or Jetstream
JT270M</SPAN></B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>(apparently
the same radio). It is one of the few cheap Mobile units I see on the list of
CHIRP supported radios. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; COLOR: purple"
href="http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home">http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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". <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks for your
helpful council. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">73,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dave
Nathanson<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">KG6ZJO<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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