[RVRC] WB0YLE on Wouxon

[Gerry Jurrens]

Great post! 73,


GJ

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On May 21, 2010, at 8:32 AM, E Drew Moore <drumor at optonline.net> wrote:

> Excerpt from the Wouxon yahoo group digest May 21, 2010
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> Even HRO will have a hard time competing with this.
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> Yeah..when I went in to the New Castle DE store a week and half ago  
> to pick
> up a new legal limit tuner and supplies for field day, I also  
> remembered to
> ask the mgr if he had any of the female sma to BNC adapters, holding  
> out my
> HT.  He kind of sneered (such a pleasant fellow, you know...hihi)  
> and said
> something to the effect of "what, is everyone buying these things"?
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> I shot back....'let's see...brand Y (or K, or I)...350 dollars...brand
> W...115 dollars....do the same thing...use the same programming  
> cable...use
> the same speakermic...probably made in the same factory...can't tell  
> the
> difference on the air...hmmmmmm...what can I buy with the 250  
> dollars I
> saved???'  He just turned and walked away...but did give me the 2  
> adapters
> gratis (considering I also dropped 6 bills with him that day...).
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> Remember what happened in the late 60s/early 70s as the Japanese  
> electronics
> started to flood the US in force, displacing the Zeniths, Magnavox's,
> Motorola's, etc.?  A lot of it had to do with the cost of production  
> and
> perceived feature set.  It even destroyed Heathkit since their u- 
> build model
> fell apart since they couldn't even sell kits full of components for  
> less
> than fully assembled and full featured rigs.  Same thing happening  
> here.
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> For the 95th percentile of us, there is NO functional difference  
> between the
> UVD1P and (pick your own favorite) HT from the usual suspects.  And  
> the cost
> of entry, thus initial investment, is more achievable.  If it breaks  
> after 2
> years?  Take the battery out, toss it.  It really is that  
> inexpensive, and
> who knows what they'll do with the feature set/technology they will  
> develop
> between now and then.  My local club even thought about buying a  
> stock of
> them and offering them to newly licensed techs at cost if they  
> passed the
> exams at the monthly session to get them OTA quickly with minimal
> investment.
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> While I do have issues with the political system these are produced  
> under
> (and actively work in trying to keep them at a long arm's length in  
> the IT
> security field...), at this level, there is a real compelling reason  
> why
> even the big guns in the amateur equipment business are beginning to  
> take
> notice...now what they will do about it?
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> (I'm betting that the AESs and HROs of the world will have them in the
> catalogue before too long...perhaps not at the price point we're  
> seeing
> now...but certainly a lot less than brand Y, K, or I.)
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> As for mobile and base rigs...now, that would be an interesting  
> development,
> if the price percentage difference was maintained. A Y brand  
> FTDX9000 at 10K
> or an equivalent feature Wouxun at 3K, probably made in the same  
> building
> (wouldn't need the flashlight, though...).
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> Exciting times ahead.  No doubt, there will be a shift in the locus  
> and
> players, if history repeats itself.
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> Just my $.02 USD.
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> 73 de WB0YLE
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> Bryan
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