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<div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regards, </span>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dan ZL2XO</span></div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On 27/11/2021, at 1:01 PM, Radio Engineering <radio.restorations@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Yaesu make good gear generally.
<div dir="auto">Wouxun is Chinese, and you get what you pay for. I had one and sold it again as I wasn't happy with the performance (and I have a license with RSM to supply such radios). They are a DSP radio and their performance isn't the best.</div>
<div dir="auto">144 MHz is 2 metres, 430 MHz is 70 cm.</div>
<div dir="auto">A radio with both is a 'dual band' set and a favorite with amateurs.</div>
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<div dir="auto">ZL1SAR.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 27 Nov 2021, 11:27 Tim Devaney, <<a href="mailto:timdevaneynz@gmail.com">timdevaneynz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I'm looking at buying a HAM radio as a gift for my grandad however I'm not sure where to start I want something decent and have been looking at a radio called yeasu vx6 it's 144 and 400 MHz as well as wide band receiver . Anyone on here have
any experience using one of these they could tell me if it's a decent radio and is worth buying. The other radio I was looking at is </div>
<div dir="auto">Brand: YAESU FT-70DR and a Wouxun KG-UV9D Plus.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Can anyone assist me with any recommendations on what I should get it would be greatly appreciated as this is way out of my comfort zone.</div>
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