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Decided to use older scanner for upcoming race weekend and found these inside. Couldn’t believe it, and they STILL work! Will keep as backup 😀

Edmond, OK

power amp is my Optimus SA-155, love this little setup

Dropping an update if anyone's running VUURWERK or has been curious. Custom firmware I've been working on for my UV-K5. Big jump since the last public release (v1.2.4).

The spectrum analyzer got reworked: SIDE1 and SIDE2 step frequency up and down now, MENU is blacklist, STAR cycles modes with a label that flashes so you can actually see which mode you're in.

CTCSS scanner works. Pre-checks if there's a signal on the frequency before scanning, so dead air gives you a quick "NO SIGNAL" instead of a 30-second timeout. Locks onto tones in a few seconds now.

Battery indicator updates live during TX instead of freezing the moment you key up. There's a TX sag tracker on the About screen if you want to see how your pack is holding up over time. Flashlight auto-off after 30 minutes (10 on a low pack) so a pocket bump doesn't drain your radio overnight.

TX audio is cleaner, the 1 kHz whine from the backlight PWM is gone. Credit on the approach to kamilsss655 / NUNU who first bench-validated that fix.

Plus a bunch of small polish: boot self-check, backlight fade, scan rate readout, key gesture toasts, audible cues in voice-seek mode.

All in all my experience has been its much snapier and responsive than V 1.2.4 would like to hear your findings.

Repo: https://github.com/Tokeloshe/vuurwerk-firmware/releases/tag/v1.2.7

73, KC3TFZ

They were my dad's that he acquired back in the '80s. I think I might have bought the grey one in the '90s bc I couldn't find the other. It's been a long time.

The clocks still update themselves, no wifi or anything, love that the previous owner installed them.

This is one of my better finds from the bins

Bought from thrift store and the first time I ever saw in my life 😁

I found a bin of these for $1 each at Apex Surplus Electronics in Sun Valley California. I can’t say enough about Apex. It’s worth a stop if you’re ever in the area.

Can't tell if this thing is some sort of knockoff item or what, any clue?

This is my first CD Player my sister bought me for my birthday in 1989! It has always worked. I stored it in a dry loft of my barn. My son made his fix mix cd and wanted to have a player in the living room. Now, it will power up, open and close and the display all work, but the cd will not spin. Is there a fix for it?