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We are very pleased to announce the winner of
1,000 Photo QSL Cards
from KB3IFH

Thanks to Randy for sponsoring this month’s drawing.
We had over 700 entries!

We’re giving away more great prizes soon.
Stay tuned and get ready to enter.

OK, onto what you’ve all been waiting for!

The winner of our December 2010 prize giveaway is…

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AmateurRadio.com is offering a free prize drawing!

He’s back! Our last QSL card giveaway was so successful, Randy asked if we could do it again!  If you didn’t win last time, here’s another chance to get some of the nicest photo QSL cards available anywhere — FREE!
The best part?  This giveaway is available to our ham friends anywhere in the world!

With the help of our generous sponsor, KB3IFH QSL Cards, we’re holding a drawing for 1,000 free full-color photo QSL cards. This is a US$100 value.
Enter now to win!

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Only a few hours left to grab some great Cyber Monday deals on radio equipment:

Yaesu FT-2900R
$149.95 (Reg. $179.95)
HRO (http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-010078)

Yaesu FT-60R
$174.95 (Reg. $199.95)
HRO (http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-007323)

Yaesu FTM-350R
$399.95 (Reg. $569.95)
HRO (http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-010405)

Icom IC-7000 w/ RMK-7000
$1098.49 (Reg. $1254.95)
HRO (http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-008093)

Icom IC-7600
$3297.49 (Reg. $3749.95)
HRO (http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-009884)

Icom IC-92AD
$469.95 (Reg. $559.95)
HRO (http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-009325)

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Know of any other great Cyber Monday deals for hams? Leave a comment and share!

Ham radio forums have been alive with buzz in recent days about the pending release of the KG-UV920R, a new dual-band 2m/440 mobile radio from Wouxun. Ed Griffin from Wouxun.US is in China until October 25th and was not available for comment, but a photo of the radio appears on his website.  An anonymous but reliable source said that the radio is not yet in production, but that it could be available by early 2011 pending FCC certification.

How much will it cost?  The same reliable source did not have a firm answer but expected the price to be less than $300.  They also said that they expected a 2m/220 version in addition to the 2m/440 version.  When you start looking through the feature set (remote front panel, cross-band repeat), that’s quite a bit less than a comparable radio from other manufacturers.  Obviously, a lot can change between now and the final production release.  The specs and price could very well change significantly.  Hopefully Ed will stop by soon and provide us with some more information.

What do you think of Wouxun’s apparent entry into the mobile radio market?  Will you buy one?

(Images above from Wouxun.US and re-formatted for viewing)

We are very pleased to announce the winner of a
Wouxun Dual-Band HT
from Wouxun.us!

Thanks to Ed at Wouxun.us for sponsoring this month’s drawing.
We had over 750 entries!

We’re giving away another great prize in October.
Stay tuned and get ready to enter.

OK, on to what you’ve all been waiting for!

The winner of our September 2010 prize giveaway is…

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AmateurRadio.com is offering a free prize drawing!

With the help of our generous sponsor, Wouxun.us,
we’re holding a drawing for a
Wouxun KG-UVD2 Dual-Band HT
(KG-UV2D 144/440 version)
This is a US$107 value.
Enter now to win!

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