kb7rky
Newbie
Hi all:
I just picked up four TXQ-style G63 handhelds (they were branded "HJT", but I know they're marketed under "TXQ", "Jianpai", "Wurui", "MiDEL", "Talinphone", etc.), from the local Goodwill. Not a thing wrong with them...in fact, they were still in the plastic wrap in unopened boxes (I paid about $25 for the four I got). Pulled them out, put a charge on them, fired them up, and they all transmit and receive just fine. I was also able to determine the frequencies they use (currently, there are 12 frequencies in these radios) are in the US Amateur 70cm (440MHz) band, so I'm legally transmitting on those bands. I'll eventually put them on GMRS/FRS frequencies, once I locate suitable CHIRP software, and a programming cable.
However, there are a couple of difficult problems I've just run into:
1. The user "manuals" (if I can call these single-page leaflets "manuals") text are all in Chinese, and I'm having a heck of a time locating an English translation of these. The TXQ Radio website is less than helpful (found a few JPGs, but those don't help much), and it doesn't appear that they have the proper, correct manual for these radios.
2. The voice menu on the radios is in Chinese. I know, from the TXQ Radio website, that an English voice is available, but, again, with the voice prompts in Chinese, that's FAR less than helpful, as I don't understand what the voice is saying. Also, these are the basic radios, with no fancy menu screen to help me.
Any assistance anyone could provide would be immensely helpful.
Thank you:
Doug Graham, KB7RKY
ps: Attachment is the JPEG I downloaded from the TXQ website. It's not as helpful as I need, but it gave me a place to start
pps: And, yes...the relevant thread I initially went to regarding these types of radios was locked.
I just picked up four TXQ-style G63 handhelds (they were branded "HJT", but I know they're marketed under "TXQ", "Jianpai", "Wurui", "MiDEL", "Talinphone", etc.), from the local Goodwill. Not a thing wrong with them...in fact, they were still in the plastic wrap in unopened boxes (I paid about $25 for the four I got). Pulled them out, put a charge on them, fired them up, and they all transmit and receive just fine. I was also able to determine the frequencies they use (currently, there are 12 frequencies in these radios) are in the US Amateur 70cm (440MHz) band, so I'm legally transmitting on those bands. I'll eventually put them on GMRS/FRS frequencies, once I locate suitable CHIRP software, and a programming cable.
However, there are a couple of difficult problems I've just run into:
1. The user "manuals" (if I can call these single-page leaflets "manuals") text are all in Chinese, and I'm having a heck of a time locating an English translation of these. The TXQ Radio website is less than helpful (found a few JPGs, but those don't help much), and it doesn't appear that they have the proper, correct manual for these radios.
2. The voice menu on the radios is in Chinese. I know, from the TXQ Radio website, that an English voice is available, but, again, with the voice prompts in Chinese, that's FAR less than helpful, as I don't understand what the voice is saying. Also, these are the basic radios, with no fancy menu screen to help me.
Any assistance anyone could provide would be immensely helpful.
Thank you:
Doug Graham, KB7RKY
ps: Attachment is the JPEG I downloaded from the TXQ website. It's not as helpful as I need, but it gave me a place to start
pps: And, yes...the relevant thread I initially went to regarding these types of radios was locked.
