20th of December 2012 I ordered a Baofeng UV-B6 from AliExpress.com. About three weeks later (15th January) it arrived at the PA1JIM-headquarters. It turns out to be a UV-B5 instead of a UV-B6. The only difference is the UV-B5 has a rotary dail on top and the UV-B6 has a flashlight instead. That
Category: Rigs
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Baofeng UV-B6
After reading this post I couldn’t resist any longer. Yesterday I ordered the new toy, a Baofeng UV-B6 Chinese HT. Incredible price: 43 dollar! It can take up to 60 days before delivering so it will be no typical Christmas present. I like to use the HT to connect to my Kenwood TM-D710 en simplex…
Kenwood TM-D710 first impressions
The new VHF/UHF rig is running for a week now. Optically it does look great with my HF rig (Kenwood TS-590)! I’ve put the seperate display right on top of my other Kenwood, this way I can overlook HF,VHF and UHF in one view. Functionality and menu’s are what you expect when you’re a Kenwood…