The UPS goddess brought me a Wouxun KG-UV9D today and I just spent the last couple hours programming it. The software leaves a lot to be desired as the data is saved in a proprietary format and there is no way to cut and paste a bunch of frequencies into the unit. Had to enter the data line by line for 190 frequencies. Grrr...
Brand new unit though so someone out there will probably hack something together.
Hardware is really nice - very rugged looking unit and fits into the hand nicely. I am able to hit a couple of the local repeaters with a large rubber duck antenna - I have an adapter to use my outdoor Comet GP-3 antenna and will try that later this week.
A nice feature is that it transmits and receives on the usual ham radio frequencies but it can also listen on AM radio, FM radio, Air traffic, NOAA Weather as well as police, hospital and fire frequencies - I have all the local community services programmed in and am able to get good reception.
This will be a handy unit to throw in the truck when I am heading into town.
