Leixen LX VV-898

Dual Band VHF/UHF 136-174/400-470MHz 10W ultra compact Two Way Mobile Transceiver. This is a transceiver for amateur radio manufactured in China. It features 199 memory channels, and up to 10 watts of power with channel scanning, dual watch, CTCSS/DCS encode/decode, DTMF, and 1750 Hz burst tone. Other features include 65-108Mhz commercial FM radio, individual call, group call, user-defined channel names, VOX capability and an emergency alarm.

Usage

There are four lettered hand microphone buttons:

A 	Call (?)
B 	VFO/MR Switch (switch between channel mode and VFO)
C 	A/B Mode Switch (switch between top or bottom watch)
D 	VFO Band Switch (kinda useless)

Menu of 50 items:

Menu #	Menu Item	Description	Option
01	Auto Power Off (APO)	Turns off radio after set time	10 mins to 16 hours/OFF
02	APRO	Sets compander and voice scrambler on per channel basis	ON/OFF
03	Busy Channel Lockout	Disables TX on active channel	ON/OFF
04	Key Beep	Beep when key is pressed	ON/OFF
05	Channel Save	Save frequency as memory channel	default channel is 001
06	DTMF Function	Dual Tone Multi-Frequency settings Individual Call Group Call Code Transmission Mode Remote RX/TX Inhibition	Enable/Disable ID Code 1000 A Enable/Disable
07	Dual Watch	monitor dual frequencies	ON/OFF
08	Decode Type	Set CTCSS/DCS	OFF/CTCSS/NDCS/IDCS
09	Decode Code	Choose CTCSS/DCS Code	NONE/Code #
10	Encode Type	Set CTCSS/DCS	OFF/CTCSS/NDCS/IDCS
11	Encode Code	Choose CTCSS/DCS Code	NONE/Code #
12	FM Radio	built-in broadcast receiver	ON/OFF
13	FM Dual Watch	Listen to FM radio and RX simultaneously	ON/OFF
14	FM Scan	Scan FM radio channels	ON/OFF
15	FM SQL	Sets squelch for FM radio scan	0-9/5
16	Font Size	Adjust display font	SMAL/BIG
17	Key Lock Function	Lock transceiver controls	ON/K/K S/ALL/OFF
18	Keypad Function	Sets DTMF Keypad	ON/OFF
19	Backlight	Sets display backlight	OFF/KEY/CONT
20	Set Channel Name Display	Display channel name	ON/OFF
21	Channel Name Display	Choose name or number	ON/OFF
22	Edit Channel Name	Create name for channel	Name***
23	Set Opening Display	Set power on display text	ALL/SYS/User/Time
24-29	Custom Keys Set	Define Programmable keys P1, P3, P3, M
30	High/Low Power Set	Sets transmit power	LOW/HIGH
31	PTT ID	Sends code to identify your transceiver	ON/OFF
32	Roger	Sends a "Roger Beep"	ON/OFF
33	Reverse	Swaps RX/TX frequencies for to toggle simplex and repeater operation	ON/OFF
34-35	Offset Frequency	Sets offset frequency
36	Save Battery	Sets sleep mode option	ON/OFF
37-39	Scan Menus	Sets scan modes	TO/CO
40	Squelch Level	Sets Squelch Level	0-9/2
41	Step	Adjusts frequency step	2.5/5/6.25/10/12.5 LOW/25KHz
42	Tail Elimination	noise burst at end of transmit	ON/OFF
43	Talk Around	Enables Talk Around	ON/OFF
44	Timeout Timer	sets TX timeout	10-120 seconds/30
45	TX Stop	Enables/disables transmitter	OFF/ON
46-49	VOX	Sets Voice Operated Transmit features	ON/OFF
50	Wide/Narrow Bandwidth Set	Sets channel bandwidth	WIDE/NARROW

Programming

from the radio

SAVE FREQUENCY TO CHANNEL MEMORY

1. In VFO mode enter the frequency.
2. Press the [M] key on the front face to access the menu
3. Use the channel up down keys to navigate through the menu options
4. Goto menu option #5 "CHASAVE"
5. select the channel number after the screen dispays "CHASave to 001" letting 001 be whatever channel number you choose

PROGRAM SIMPLEX FREQ WITH PRIVACY (PL) EXAMPLE

1. menu #10 (EncType) choose CTC
2. menu #35 (RPTType) choose simplex
3. menu #08 (DecType) choose CTC
4. menu #09 (DecCode) choose value in Hz
5. menu #11 (EncCode) choose value in Hz
6. menu #05 (CHASave) and select a channel #

using their software

The programming software is specific to the radio. The software is available as a free download. The USB cable driver needs to be installed, the programming software is available for Windows PCs only, and you do need a username and password to run the program. The default username is "ham" (all lower case) and the password is "89812345".