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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white 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'>Gentlemen,<br>This is starting to drift off topic for this Forum which is CHIRP Software Support.<br><br>John<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ken<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 26, 2016 12:23 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com<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></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dave;<br> The only reason I would be worried about an Ebay purchase, is that mine was still under OEM warranty. But I would have to ship it back to China for repair. Its not cheap to ship back.<br><br>Ken<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 01/26/2016 11:16 AM, <a href="mailto:dmdfacp@gmail.com">dmdfacp@gmail.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Those are $69.95 plus $10 shipping, on eBay. I did a "Best Offer" and saved $10, about five months ago. Nice 10W rig !!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>K1SIW<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tampa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Sent from my iPhone </span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>DSP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>On Jan 26, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Ken <<a href="mailto:ken@wa0sbu.com">ken@wa0sbu.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jim;<br> I have had a VV-898 for a little over a year. Great little radio, I <br>have a little Mirage B-34 amplifier for it. Mine developed a display <br>problem a few months back, I can still use it, just can't see the <br>frequency. I'm hoping I will run across another used one. I like it, I <br>would by another one.<br><br>Ken<br><br>On 01/26/2016 09:13 AM, Jim MacKenzie wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have the Leixen VV-998 which is around $60 US at <a href="http://amazon.com">amazon.com</a>, and is <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>well-supported by CHIRP, if anyone is looking for such a radio that <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>has current support. It's a very compact dual-band 10-watt mobile <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>rig. I plan on putting mine through its paces in my rental car in <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>south Florida next month.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jim VE5EIS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>chirp_users mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>