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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Nothing is forever…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As of today, the KT8900 is still in the queue, awaiting it’s turn.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tim Billingsley<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 25, 2016 8:50 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> johnla@usa.net<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] inexpensive Dual Band Mobile radios?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Nov 10, 2015, at 7:45 AM, John LaMartina <<a href="mailto:johnla@usa.net" target="_blank">johnla@usa.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br></span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>as well as the</span></font><br><a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_KT8900.php" target="_blank"><font color=purple face=Calibri><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:purple'>http://www.miklor.com/COM/Review_KT8900.php</span></font></a><br><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>An updated version of the KT8900 is to be released in about 5 days.</span></font><br><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(no bugs and more features)</span></font><br><br><b><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>The VV898 is CHIRP compatible.<br>The KT8900 is not CHIRP compatible yet.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>John</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>- <a href="http://www.miklor.com/" target="_blank"><font color=purple><span style='color:purple'>http://www.miklor.com</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I see a comment that the KT-8900 "is not" chirp compatible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Is that a current status or a forever status?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Unfortunately the current software is M$ compatible, but CHIRP will bridge that gap. Looking forward to the release if it is to be.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tim KD5CKP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>