Baofeng UV-5R: Truth

This is funny because is it is true...

"Hmmm... To get it to work properly, you need to push [the AAA battery case] in hard until it snapsinto place.

The company that makes the battery cases must also make USB programming cables.

John K3NXU"

In case you aren't familiar with the issues, being a body builder is a requirement to make the programming cable work.

Good Idea

So after all my posts yesterday about buying stuff, this is a much better thought for this Thanksgiving Day.

TheCall_Holston Look at this cool billboard over Nashville ... #umc #rethinkchurch pic.twitter.com/YewyRzXJThu, Nov 15 12:29:22 from web

Packing Heat and Trusting Providence

I still struggle with this.

CTmagazine Packing Heat and Trusting Providence: @LoveLifeLitGod explains why she owns a handgun (@ctwomensblog) ht.ly/cwINWThu, Jul 26 16:02:14 from HootSuite retweeted by TheCall_Holston

Crazy Apple Math

stroughtonsmith Apple's formula for predicting iPhone sales? "Each new generation sold approximately equal to all previous generations combined" #appsungFri, Aug 03 12:47:02 from Twitterrific for Mac retweeted by asymco

Zero Ohm

I need to order some 0 ohm resistors for my shack.

Progress

davepell Instead of having one card with which I can pay anywhere, I'll soon have a separate app to use for every store. Progress!Thu, Aug 16 17:16:06 from Twitter for Mac retweeted by harrymccracken

Running Trivia - Wow

wesrucker247 Each nation is allowed to send three marathon runners to the Olympics. Kenya had 278 guys with qualifying times.Sun, Aug 12 16:00:18 from TweetDeck

(And, yes, I am cleaning up some old drafts.)

Scams

Interesting thoughts on scams moving from e-mail to social networks. I generally agree with their reasoning, but the point below once applied to e-mails. Now we are suspicious of e-mails from our grandmother.

"They’re endorsed by your friends. You’re seeing people you know like and share these scams as that’s a condition of their “entry”. They have credibility."

TYT TH-UVF9: No Tri Band

I was just wondering around and thought I would check on the TYT TH-UVF9 that Radio-Mart was looking at modifying to be a tri-band radio. They've updated their page with the following:

"We managed to have had a prototype we were playing with that we managed "ok" results on the 1.2 band however it is not cost effective and we have found time consuming to offer this as an option and as I understand it if we sell a modified transceiver then it will itself need to be tested to see if it meets FCC approval so bottom line, sorry it does not seem worth it at this time."

Wouxun KG-UV920R: KG-UV920P

Hans got the new sample and his first tests for the version P (KG-UV920P) has got him excited - no problems with second or third harmonics on 2M or 440 and the rotary encoder problems are gone.

It is such a shame that these things start out so bad. I think the marketing teams get too far a head of engineering and manufacturing.