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New Kenwood TH-255A

March 29, 2007 — Mickel

Here is the new Kenwood TH-255A VHF portable transceiver.

Looks like the newest economy handy, with expected features like:

Compact Design

Aluminum Body

5 watt output

100 memories with alpha tag’s

“Optional” Ni-MH battery

And usefull features like:

Password Protection

Emergency Siren

Here’s a picture:

TH-255A

And the manual, for those interested: here.

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More on the FTM-10R

March 28, 2007 — Mickel

Not quite the Yaesu version, but here is the FTM-10S, the Standard edition.

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My New Router with Linux Firmware

March 17, 2007 — Mickel

Today I bought a new router, it’s the Buffalo WHR-G54S Wireless Broadband Router
Not a particularly special router really, but not only is it cheaper then most routers, you can also easily upgrade this router run linux-based opensource firmware.

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Two new Dual-Band Radio’s from Kenwood

March 15, 2007 — Mickel

Two new dualbanders got FCC approved today.

The Kenwood TM-D701A.

and

The Kenwood TM-V71A (TM-V71E in Europe).

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Crank Powered Family Radio

March 14, 2007 — Mickel

Cool, now you can have it all! Your hand-powered flashlight/cell phone charger/radio.

And this 22 channels of fun FRS/GMRS radio. So now you can talk your fellow stranded “disaster refugees” and talk about the weather! Unless that is, you allready have a hand-crank weather radio!
American Red Cross FR300 Emergency Radio

Crank Powered FRS
This beauty is sold by Life-Gear which also offers an impressive array of disaster supplies, like food and water and complete emergency kits.