Wouxun

It's the beginning of autumn and the hunting season has started. The hunting parties are getting ready, the shoots are starting. It's worth taking a look at your equipment and deciding if you need to renew some of your equipment.

 In this post, we have compiled some important information and tips on transceiver batteries and how to charge them.

Walkie-talkies can be useful in the winter, but there are a few things to look out for. It's not just people who can get "cold" in the cold.

Since 2018, you are no longer limited to using only 8 channels with PMR446 transceivers/walkie talkies, but - thanks to an EU regulation - you can also use up to 16 channels, or  even 32 channels if you have dPMR devices. The table below shows which channel represents which frequency. For programming industrial PMR radios, this guide is particularly useful.

Motorola Solutions stopped producing the dPMR mode XT660D transceivers in 2021 and stocks were quickly running out, so the question was: which radio could take its place that is both industrial-grade, analogue/digital and can operate on the PMR446 band without the need for a frequency licence?

This radio appeared in the Wouxun product lineup early 2019, in Hungary however it only had its debut in March 2020.
With my experience gathered over the years, I am actually happy that this time I am not reviewing a brand new device. Why? Usually, when new devices are put to market, despite all the extensive testing, the firmware always has some room for polishing. A one year old radio on the other hand usually has a firmware version already updated and bugfixed, and you can do without hunting for patches, firmware update or cope with menus full of irritating small bugs. I believe, this one year has been worth the wait.