03-11-2015, 09:36 PM
I think you maybe surprised how many Radio Amateurs there are, obviosly not like the heydays 70's/80'.
They are at an all time high in the USA: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2015-03-05#toc02
I think we are in the same position like Cars when the Japanese first started to export in the 60's/70's...
Unknown & Sometimes poor quality, but look at what happened in the 80's/90's they took over the world.
I guess in the next few years the Chinese will improve and adapt.
I bought a Chinese 2M/70cm FM Handheld for £29.99 @ $45.00 over a year ago,
it's still working fine, If it failed now not exactly a big loss.
(( I actually program it from LL 2.2 with CHIRP ;D ))
Dave - G8LIY
They are at an all time high in the USA: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2015-03-05#toc02
I think we are in the same position like Cars when the Japanese first started to export in the 60's/70's...
Unknown & Sometimes poor quality, but look at what happened in the 80's/90's they took over the world.
I guess in the next few years the Chinese will improve and adapt.
I bought a Chinese 2M/70cm FM Handheld for £29.99 @ $45.00 over a year ago,
it's still working fine, If it failed now not exactly a big loss.
(( I actually program it from LL 2.2 with CHIRP ;D ))
Dave - G8LIY
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Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)