My new Handheld FDC-160 arrived by registered mail today. It came packaged fairly well with many stamps and even a "customs" sticker on it. Inside the box was the handheld,battery ,charger,belt clip,earpiece,instruction manual ( english and Chinese? ) and a complimentary pen from the 409shop!
Glanced at instruction manual, attached battery to the back and turned it on.Battery was fully charged and radio has some basic frequencies in memory. We had the Weathernet activated for some very severe storms tonight so I programmed in that Repeater and listened on the new radio. Works great on receive although 5 watts and a rubber ducky don't appear to be enough to access the repeater.Must be a little too far outside coverage area. After adding a simplex frequency was able to verify transmit!
I've added about 20 frequencies into memory-- some Ham,some public service and am listening to it scan as I type. Happiness is a new radio-- especially one so cheap in price!!
It doesn't appear I can directly add frequencies to the VFO,but need to use arrow keys to scroll thru. Can't expect everything ,considering the price. All in all I love it!
73--Tim
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