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PRODUCT REVIEW WOUXUN KG UV8D DUAL BAND HANDHELD TRANSCEIVER MORE FEATURES
AND A LARGER DISPLAY.  REVIEWED BY JOE CARCIA, NJ1Q W1AW STATION MANAGER
NJ1Q ARRL.  ORG  THE KG UV8D IS A DUAL BAND 2 METER/ 70 CENTIMETER, FULL
DUPLEX FM HANDHELD TRANSCEIVER.  UNLIKE MANY CHINESE TRANSCEIVERS,
INCLUDING EARLIER WOUXUN MODELS, THIS US MODEL, SOLD BY POWERWERX AND
SEVERAL OTHER AMATEUR DEALERS, IS FCC PART 97 CERTIFIED AND TRANSMITS IN
THE AMATEUR BANDS ONLY.  RF POWER OUTPUT IS 5 W AND 1 W ON VHF, AND 4 W AND
1 W ON UHF.  THE RECEIVER COVERS 136 TO 174 AND 400 TO 512 MHZ, FM ONLY.
IT ALSO INCLUDES FM BROADCAST BAND RECEPTION AND MEMORY CHANNELS ALLOCATED
TO NOAA WEATHER RECEPTION.  THERES AN A AND A B BAND, AND BOTH CAN TRANSMIT
AND RECEIVE ON 2 METERS OR 70 CENTIMETERS.  YOU CAN LISTEN TO ONE BAND
WHILE TRANSMITTING ON THE OTHER.  OR, YOU CAN LISTEN TO BOTH BANDS
SIMULTANEOUSLY.  THE KG UV8D CAN OPERATE AS A CROSS BAND REPEATER VHF TO
UHF OR UHF TO VHF.  OUT OF THE BOX THE KG UV8D COMES SUPPLIED WITH A
FLEXIBLE ANTENNA, LI ION BATTERY PACK, DROP IN CHARGER, BELT CLIP, HAND
STRAP, AND MANUAL.  WE ALSO ORDERED THE OPTIONAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE AND USB
PROGRAMMING CABLE.  THE LAYOUT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.  YOU HAVE A
STANDARD DTMF KEYPAD, WITH EACH KEY DOING DOUBLE DUTY REGULAR NUMBER AND
MENU FUNCTION.  THE KEY LETTERING IS WHITE ON BLACK, SO THEY ARE EASY TO
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