[Elecraft] Coronavirus

[Jack Brindle]

Depends on the parts. The largest parts you see are indeed made in the US - these being the sheet metal, push buttons and many other components.
Global economy? Yes. Is the entire box made from components coming from outside the US? Definitely not. And I am 100% sure that the radios and devices are designed here by great engineers.
Essentially, we have the best of the entire world at play here, in products being used the world over. And that is pretty cool!

73!
Jack, W6FB


> On May 3, 2020, at 12:10 PM, W0FK <lladerman at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Josh Fiden wrote
>> Wages not that low in China anymore. 
>> 
>> 73
>> Josh W6XU 
>> 
>> Sent from my mobile device
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>>> On May 3, 2020, at 11:24 AM, Nr4c &lt;
> 
>> nr4c@
> 
>> &gt; wrote:
>>> 
>>> You do realize that for every k-Line component you buy, you are pay a
>>> Chinese worker a few dollars a eeek to manufacture the ic’s, transistors,
>>> resistors, capacitors, and other parts that get assembled in good ol’
>>> USA. 
> 
> I think Bill’s point (at least I read it that way) is that we have a global
> economy. Most electronic components are made in China or places other than
> the US. Elecraft products are assembled in the US for sure, but “made in the
> US”, no.  
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