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CHARGER BASE.  IT KIND OF FLOPPED AROUND UNTIL I NOTICED THE SLOTS ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE RADIO THAT ARE USED TO POSITION IT IN THE CHARGER.
STRONG SIGNAL HANDLING AS SEEN IN TABLE 1, RECEIVER SENSITIVITY, DYNAMIC
RANGE, AND ADJACENT CHANNEL REJECTION ARE ALL COMPARABLE TO OTHER HANDHELD
TRANSCEIVERS WE HAVE TESTED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.  THE RECEIVER IS DIRECT
CONVERSION, AN ARCHITECTURE BECOMING MORE COMMON IN AMATEUR VHF/UHF GEAR.
I HAD THE KG UV8D POWERED UP AND TUNED T

READ.  ON ONE SIDE IS A PTT BUTTON, WITH PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION BUTTONS
ABOVE AND BELOW IT.  ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE JACKS FOR THE SPEAKER AND
MICROPHONE, AND THEY HAVE A HINGED PLASTIC COVER.  ON TOP ARE A LARGE KNOB
WITH DETENTS FOR FREQUENCY STEPPING AND FUNCTION SELECTIONS AND A SMALLER
POWER SWITCH/VOLUME CONTROL KNOB.  THERE IS NO EXTERNAL POWER JACK TO
CHARGE THE BATTERY PACK OR POWER THE RADIO, BUT THE BATTERY PACK CAN BE
REPLACED WITH AN OPTIONAL BATTERY ELIMINATOR WITH AN AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORY
PORT PLUG.  THE ANTENNA CONNECTION IS A FLUSH MOUNTED FEMALE SMA.  THE
ANTENNA BASE HAS A KNURLED FEEL TO IT, TO ASSIST WITH GRIPPING AND
THREADING THE ANTENNA.  THE DISPLAY IS A BIG FEATURE.  A 1 1/8 X 1 3/8 INCH
MULTI COLOR LCD CAN DISPLAY INFORMATION ABOUT BOTH BANDS, OR YOU CAN SET IT
TO DISPLAY JUST ONE.  THE SCREEN CHARACTERS ARE RELATIVELY EASY TO SEE.  IN
DIRECT SUNLIGHT, I FOUND THE SCREEN A BIT HARD TO SEE, SINCE THE SUNLIGHT
REFLECTED OFF THE SCREEN.  TURN ON THE BACKLIGHTING, AND VISIBILITY
IMPROVES.  LETS POWER IT UP.  THE FIRST THING I LIKE TO DO WITH ANY FM
TRANSCEIVER IS TO SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO PROGRAM FOR REPEATER USE.  I FOUND

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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