Thursday, October 17, 2013

Wouxun KG-UV950P: Time to Play

Thanks to the kind folks at BuyTwoWayRadios.com, I have a KG-UV950P to play with for a few days. I don't have a sophisticated bench to do a lot of in depth analysis, but put your requests and questions in the comments if you want me to look at something specifically.




10 comments:

  1. Looking forward to any insights you have. This radio looks very interesting to me.

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  2. Im very interested too. If it is as nice as im hoping, i will be adding this to my setup.
    I know this may be stretching it, but if there is any way to open up the bands, i would like to know if it will cover 40-50mhz recieve. I know there has been nothing mentioned about it, but i figure it isnt too much of a stretch since it already covers the 6 meter band.

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    1. The 950 would not allow me to enter any frequencies in the 40-49 MHz range.

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    2. Darn, i was really hoping that it it might have. I have been waiting for one of these chinese radios to cover VHF low, whether it is a portable or a mobile, but they just dont seem to have any interest in it, even though there would be a pretty big market for it. I dont want to spend another $300 for a second lowband radio, but if i were able to get one of these multiband chinese radios that would cover more than just VHF low, it would be alot easier to justify.

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  3. I'm thinking of this as a first mobile radio, I currently only have HTs. I primarily use 2m &70cm, but I was thinking if I'm going to put money into a mobile radio, might as well get one that transmits on 4 bands and receives on twice as many, right? Should I wait to get one of these or is there another good suggestion? Thanks!

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    1. Until Wouxun fixed the initial problems I found, I would recommend the Yaesu FT-8900R.

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    2. I would recommend taking off the knobs before removing the faceplate.

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  4. I would be interested to know the scan speed.Approximate channels per second, doesn't have to be exact.
    Most of the Chinese radios seem to craaawwwll through the list.

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    1. Sample video here:

      http://www.brickolore.com/2013/10/wouxun-kg-uv950p-channel-scanning.html

      And here:

      http://www.brickolore.com/2013/10/wouxun-kg-uv950p-frequency-scanning.html

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