Wouxun Dual Band Radios - 2M/70cm & 2M & 220 MHz

[NT5LA]

I have 2 of the KG-UVD-1P model,  I have one set up for Satellite work and the other just has the local repeaters in it.  I plan to keep my eyes open for a 2/1.25 version at the local Ham Fest this year.  Would be nice if they made a 2/900 or 1200 model. 

[AC4FS]

My wife (KI4GTV) and I purchased two Wouxun KG-UV3D's a couple of months ago.  We regularly participate in events in our county, and got these to use as "cheap" dual band hand-helds.  The thought was, I'd much prefer to have to drop another $120 to replace one of these, then $250+ to replace a "good" dual band hand-held.

Can't speak for KI4GTV, but I'm actually pleased with the performance of these radios.  The receive is very sensitive, and the battery has pretty good life (and it being LIon, they won't develop a charging memory).  The down sides are: ease of programming.  Three words: get the cable!    Also, this radio isn't a true dual bander.  You can't listen to both receivers at the same time.  Still, for $120, I'm not going to complain (well, too loudly).

Howard

[KF5IIT]

Got one for Christmas and I love it!  It was a Bear trying to figure out how to program it from the Keyboard but now that I now how it's easy.

I have dusted off my Wouxun would love to know how to program it... I use a Mac so the software that came with it is useless.

Any chance to get a tutorial?

[AC4FS]

I have dusted off my Wouxun would love to know how to program it... I use a Mac so the software that came with it is useless.

Any chance to get a tutorial?

No tutorial, but hopefully this will help:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wouxun_KG-UVD1/message/1072

Or maybe this one:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wouxun_KG-UVD1/message/9155

Either way, if you are a Wouxon user that runs a Mac, you might consider joining this Yahoo  group.

73, Howard
AC4FS

[AC4FS]

I have dusted off my Wouxun would love to know how to program it... I use a Mac so the software that came with it is useless.

Any chance to get a tutorial?

Here's an update: I installed the owx command line package on my Linux computer today, and was able to successfully read and write to my Wouxon KG-UV3D dual band radio.  The software works with Mac OSX as well.  If you can't find a pre-built package for OSX, install the developer tools, then download the source code from the link below, build it and use it.

http://owx.chmurka.net/?p=download

The utilities are pretty simple to use, and the man page is fairly complete.  The install should also create an entry in /usr/share/doc/owx, which has more complete usage instructions, including examples.  The same info can be found here:

http://owx.chmurka.net/?p=docs

Good luck!

73, Howard
AC4FS