American Girl Doll

And this is why I buy inexpensive radios... my daughter at the American Girl store. The dolls alone cost about the same as three Baofengs. And then there are the clothes and accessories - like a sailboat. (Luckily, we only got the doll and her grandparents are subsidizing this one.)

She got the doll on Saturday and basically has not put it down for three days. Even in full tightwad curmudgeon mode, I have to admit it is already money well spent.

Yaesu FTM-400DR

Only posting this, because I think it is pretty.

HamRadioOutlet Yaesu has announced the pricing on the FTM-400DR! tinyurl.com/nls6jzt pic.twitter.com/cls7bqvBUpSun, Jul 14 09:21:38 from web

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Extra

So I got this in the mail yesterday after renewing my ARRL membership.

And I already had this. I've had it so long that it covers the old question set.

Maybe it is time for me to start studying.

Leixen VV-808: Popping Issue Fixed

Eileen sent me an unprompted follow-up e-mail on the popping issue - which, to me, is a good sign that they want to provide high quality products and fix any issues that are discovered in the field. Here is what she wrote:

"For the "popping" sound, it is a procedure problem, some radio would appear the "popping" sound often, and some may appear seldom, so people ignore the "popping". For fix the problem have to change the CPU of the radio. So it can just fixed by us. If some one want to send the radio back for fixing the problem, we will fix it for free, but he should pay the freight cost. But I think the freight fee maybe too expensive, so if some one can change the clip as attached by himself, I can send one to him. But I think it is difficult for ordinary people. As you know, disassembling the radio may break the radio, and changing the clip would be much difficult. And we won't warrant the radio again since it is disassembled."

I read that as a software/code (procedure) problem in the firmware. Since the chip has to be replaced, then it must be like most other radios with a write-once chip. She sent the picture below, too. I think replacing that chip is beyond my skill level. (I'm just hoping to fix the rotary encoder when I get it and that's just three solder points! That's complicated enough for me.)

American Wouxun

I just noticed that Ed Greany had a URL in his e-mail signature. He is one of the two Eds that were always so helpful - especially in the early days - on the Yahoo group when the Wouxun HTs were just entering the market.
Check out his site: http://www.americanwouxun.com/

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Running Humor

And on the seventh day, God did three miles - easy.



(For the non-runners, "three miles - easy" is typically considered a rest day.)

Out of Town

I was out of town over the week-end - blogging to resume shortly. Here is funny cat picture to entertain you for 2.3 seconds.

Leixen VV-898: Flashlight

John (K3NXU) made a funny in my original post about the Leixen VV-898 Dual Band Mobile. He wanted to know if it would have flashlight (like all the Chinese HTs.) I am probably violating my NDA, but I have this super secret picture of a VV-898 prototype. As you can see, it does have a flashlight!

Baofeng UV-5R and TDXOne TD-Q8: Menu Comparison

Just a comparison of the menus of the two radios as part of Nate's analysis.

	UV-5R	TD-Q8
0	SQL	BEEP
1	STEP	SQL-LE (SQL)
2	TXP	SQL-LE
3	SAVE	VOICE
4	VOX	SCN-QT (CTSCSS/DCS SCAN)
5	WN	VOX
6	ABR	AUTOLK
7	TDR	TXP
8	BEEP	BCL
9	TOT	CS-REV
10	R-DCS	WN
11	R-CTSS	C-CTC
12	T-DCS	R-CTC (=RX-CTCSS/DCS)
13	T-CTCSS	T-CTC (=TX-CTCSS/DCS)
14	VOICE	SAVE
15	ANI-ID	TOA
16	DTMFST	TOT
17	S-CODE	WT-LED
18	SC-REV	RX-LED
19	PTT-ID	TX-LED
20	PTT-LT	ROGER
21	MDF-A	SFT-D
22	MDF-B	OFFSET
23	BCL	STEP
24	AUTOLK	CHNAME
25	SFT-D	MEM-CH
26	OFFSET	DEL-CH
27	MEM-CH	CH-MDF
28	DEL-CH	PF1 (Side Key Fn)
29	WT-LED	TDR
30	RX-LED	ANI
31	TX-LED	PTTDLY
32	AL-MOD	PTT-ID
33	BAND	DTMFST
34	TDR-AB	IDEDIT
35	STE	RESET
36	RP-STE	PONMSG
37	RPT-RL	DW
38	PONMSG
39	ROGER
40	RESET