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  1. 05-18-2012, 03:48 AM #1
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    AES and my Birthday

    Well, I'm now 30. I was in Las Vegas for my birthday and ended up at AES. I got a new handheld, the data cable, and the adapter for my old BNC antenna so it would work with the handheld. To my surprise, AES gave me a 2011-2012 Desktop Edition of the ARRL Repeater Directory, and a Yaesu Ball Cap. On top of that, I ended up getting a tooth pulled while I was in Vegas... Makes it kinda hard to talk on the new handheld while your mouth is packed with gauze pads. Oh well.

    Btw, the radio is the Wouxun KG-UV3D. http://www.powerwerx.com/wouxun-radi...dual-band.html
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  2. 05-18-2012, 05:00 AM #2
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    ...ive been here for far too many birthdays.


    Happy (hammy) Birthday.
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    Walking into the ham radio candy store and then trying to make up one's mind on what to buy is like pulling teeth. :)

    Happy 30th birthday!
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    Happy Birthday, enjoy your new toy's ;)
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    Quote Originally Posted by W9JAM View Post
    Well, I'm now 30.
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    Happy late birthday. I think W7XF started a birthday thread for you. Hamvention is happening right now as I write this. Every Ham radio operator should do Hamvention at least once in their lifetime. It is like making the journey to Mecca. AES is a close second. They have good stuff. Oh, they have a booth at Hamvention as well.

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    Again, Happy Birthday. Since you're in Vegas, I know you'll get laid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by suddenseer View Post
    Happy late birthday. I think W7XF started a birthday thread for you. Hamvention is happening right now as I write this. Every Ham radio operator should do Hamvention at least once in their lifetime. It is like making the journey to Mecca. AES is a close second. They have good stuff. Oh, they have a booth at Hamvention as well.
    Shelby is a second (A first IMO but that is beside the point) but AES is fun too.

    Oh and happy Birth Day to the OP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by W9JAM View Post
    Well, I'm now 30. I was in Las Vegas for my birthday and ended up at AES. I got a new handheld, the data cable, and the adapter for my old BNC antenna so it would work with the handheld. To my surprise, AES gave me a 2011-2012 Desktop Edition of the ARRL Repeater Directory, and a Yaesu Ball Cap. On top of that, I ended up getting a tooth pulled while I was in Vegas... Makes it kinda hard to talk on the new handheld while your mouth is packed with gauze pads. Oh well.

    Btw, the radio is the Wouxun KG-UV3D. http://www.powerwerx.com/wouxun-radi...dual-band.html
    I have heard some good things about those Wouxon's. Aside from an affordable price they are supposedly good performers. I was thinking of getting one for myself. Only thing I am not too clear on is if the Wouxon dual banders can do fully split vfo, i.e. receive on one band while receiving (or transmitting) on the other. Someone told me they can't. In any event that's a nice feature but a relatively small issue since most of the time I am going to operate in one band or the other. Even when I had my old Yaesu which could do full split vfo and crossband repeater operation there were few, if any, time that I actually needed it.
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  10. 05-18-2012, 01:02 PM #10
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    Many hams around here are using the Wouxon HTs. All reports have been good; the only question at this point would be longevity. They haven't been around long enough to know how they'll hold up to hard usage.
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