<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">John LaMartina, <div>If/when you have any news of any kind about that new version of the KT8900 and CHIRP compatibility, please let me know. </div><div><br></div><div>I see what might be that new radio version listed as: </div><div>"WACCOM MINI-8900 136-174/400-480MHz Mobile Transceiver (<b>SCR + Fan add version</b>) + cable"</div><div><a href="http://www.409shop.com/409shop_product.php?id=123859">http://www.409shop.com/409shop_product.php?id=123859</a></div><div>Not sure if that is the new version you're referring to. Is that the new version you mentioned?</div><div><br><div>Thanks! <br><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div>73,</div><div>Dave Nathanson</div><div>KG6ZJO</div><div><br></div>
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<br><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 class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><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">http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_VV898.php</a></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><br></font><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">as well as the</font><br><a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_KT8900.php" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_KT8900.php</a><br><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">An updated version of the KT8900 is to be released in about 5 days.</font><br><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">(no bugs and more features)</font><br><br><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">The VV898 is CHIRP compatible.<br>The KT8900 is not CHIRP compatible yet.</span></b><br><br><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">John<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.miklor.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.miklor.com</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, November 10, 2015 5:20 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><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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] <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><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><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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="font-family: Arial; "><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 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><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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; ">http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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="font-family: Arial; "><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". <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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="font-family: Arial; "><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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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,<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></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="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><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><div style="font-family: Arial; "><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="font-family: Arial; color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" style="font-family: Arial; color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial; "> </span><a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" style="font-family: Arial; color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></div></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>