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But is it worth it... 12dB during hurricanes and tornadoes.

That's how all of the low cost cell providers work. My brother was using one of these systems and it rarely shows. But during holidays and such it's dramatic. People sending pictures to their loved ones and having a good time. He sends pictures and they show up hours later, not seconds or minutes. I don't think he ever lost the ability to talk but his data moving portion took a huge hit.

It's cute. And it works OK.

You're entirely welcome

That goes for all phones. 911 will always work if there is any cell service in the area.

Had a guy up in Mass ask over the 575 if anyone else was having issues with cell service. I told him Verizon was having a large outage and he said he was on Cricket. But I reminded him that good thing he had a radio so he could ask about the outage and not get a real answer out of me

Never felt the effects in CT.

Specs say it's a 2 watt output. TRANSMITTER VHF UHF- Frequency Range 150–174 MHz 450–470 MHz 405–425 MHz➊ RF power out 250mW - 2W 250mW - 2W Spurious emissions-50dBc-52dBc Frequency stability -30°~+60°C ±1.5 PPM ±1.5 PPM Modulation 11KOF3E/16KOF3E 11KOF3E/16KOF3E Hum and noise-40dB-40dB Audio response (300-3kHz) Flat or -6dB/octave Flat or -6dB/octave Audio distortion <3%@60% deviation <3%@60% deviation Local mic sensitivity 300mV - 5VPP 300mV - 5VPP FCC Type Acceptance LRUSVR-200VB LRUSVR-200UD Industry Canada Approval 2390 195 458A 2390 212 113A RECEIVERVHFUHF Frequency Range 150–174 MHz 450–470 MHz 405–425 MHz➊ RF sensitivity.35uV.35uV Squelch sensitivity .2uV to 2uV adjustable .2uV to 2uV adjustable Modulation acceptance ±3.75/±7.5kHz ±3.75/±7.5kHz Selectivity72dB60dB Spurious/image rejection 70dB 60dB IMD response60dB60dB Frequency stability 1.5 PPM 1.5 PPM Audio response (300-3kHz) Flat or +6dB/octave Flat or +6dB/octave Audio output Local Rx Audio 400 mW 8 Ohms@ 400 mW 8 Ohms@ <5% distortion <5% distortion ➊

How so a dud? Bad SWR, shorted out?

Got mine from Chatt Radio out of TN and as far as I'm concerned it was a good experience. He had 14 in stock while others had none. Took about 1 week to get here and shipping was $15 because it is an oversized package. I thought they might have sent me the wrong antenna because of the packaging and I sent an email after 6pm and he got back to me within a few minutes. Turns out the packaging was from the manufacturer that way and modified because it was the "C" version of the 712EF. After sending the email I noticed the antenna itself was labeled as the "C" version as he has said and told me I would love that antenna. And I'm sure I will when I get it up in the air finally.

I just picked up the CA-712EFC and 10 ft doesn't seem that long. Good luck with the beast.

Did you check your spam folder? It usually takes them more than a couple days to respond. If and when they do you'll see they are in chyna from the time stamp when they sent the email. I have 12 and found another that was dead on output. Took 2 days for them to respond and said they sent a new one. We'll see if it arrives. Also asked if I wanted to try out any new products when they come out. Heck ya... free stuff.

No idea what OS he's using but I doubt it's Win11. When I got my cable I made sure to get the FTDI chip. More expensive but so far it works well on my TDH3 and the Kenwood and all the programs I've used it with, Tidradio, BTECH, Kenwood and Wouxun. But the Wouxun was their own cable.

I'll pass this onto him. Thanks.

Well you guys were able to help me out with programming a Kenwood and I mentioned that to one of my friends on the 575 and he asked if anyone had the software to program a VHF ICOM IC-F521. Says it's a nice radio and in great shape and he'd rather have a working radio than a paperweight. Figured I'd ask. Thanks again.

I told my friend that there was one available on ebay. If he wants a pair of them that would be a good way to go.

Condition: For parts or not working And it's VHF which does me no good because the only license I have is GMRS for radio.

I'm spoiled with the chynese junk with a digital screen and keypad programming. But this seems like a rugged radio that should last my friend as long as he wants it to.

Seems simple enough. The only thing I didn't recognize is the last column "Opt Signal" But it seems to have everything needed. The analog and digital tones are all in one pull down which I haven't seen before. But that makes little to no difference.

Works like a charm Lscott. No problems what so ever programming it. Not password protected. In like flynn. Thanks Again.

If you didn't blab it on the internet and did that, would anyone ever notice? No. But I believe they meant 50 watts out of the transmitter which no matter if you want to call it an amplifier or transmitter is the main source of the signal going to the antenna without the hair splitting. Need a thousand lawyers to write the regulations and still someone will be able to "interpret" them differently than was implied.

Yep, I was gonna say the same thing Steve. Out the back of the amplifier is where the 50 watts is measured. If it's an all in one unit you get to have 50 watts out out of the duplexer if the duplexer is housed in the same case as the amplifier.

At that point I'll give the radio back and tell the guy good luck. He got it for free so no loss on anyones part.

Well I got the program installed. No radio with me though. Thanks again, hope it works.