[RVRC] WB0YLE on Wouxon

Fri May 21 14:56:44 EDT 2010

Very very good! I can picture a "MFJ" logo on these, selling them from 
anywhere from about just under $100 for the monobander (price leader) to 
just under $200 for the dual bander. They'd bury the competition, make money 
for themselves, and save the Ham/Consumer at lot in the end-run. I purchased 
a early model "UVD about a year ago and really like it. I just purchased a 
144/222 dual bander from Paul nunnery, and can't wait to get it from him. 
For the money you just can't beat them.

I guess the most important feature these units have that the competition 
doesn't, is a real LED flashlight - hi! I wonder why Woxun included it in 
their feature repertoire? I think it's a pretty good idea, and am not 
complaining, just curious.

Looking forward to a Woxun to Woxun QSO with someone in the near future!

Mod-U-Later,
                        Joe Cro N3IBX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gar3j at earthlink.net>
To: "E Drew Moore" <drumor at optonline.net>; "RVRC" <rvrc at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <bdboy1 at bdboy1.com>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [RVRC] WB0YLE on Wouxon

>
>
> Seems like everyone's getting on the bandwagon - both KJI Gene and 
> Advanced
> Specialties in Lodi are now selling the "TYT" model UVF1
> http://www.tyt888.com/en/Products/Detail.asp?ID=1973  and according to 
> John
> at Advanced he can't keep them in stock.
>
> At least our local ham radio resellers, being small businessmen, can spot
> early trends and are smart enough to know that it is simply a matter of
> their own survival. I guess the big guys have a bit more cushion to 
> support
> their ( sneering)  attitude.
>
>
> I wouldn't be surprsed to see these turn up with an MFJ or Jetstream logo
> in the near future.
>
> 73 de N2DV
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: E Drew Moore <drumor at optonline.net>
>> To: RVRC <rvrc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Cc: <bdboy1 at bdboy1.com>
>> Date: 5/21/2010 8:32:59 AM
>> Subject: [RVRC] WB0YLE on Wouxon
>>
>> Excerpt from the Wouxon yahoo group digest May 21, 2010
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Even HRO will have a hard time competing with this.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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"?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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...).
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> (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.)
>>
>>
>>
>> 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...).
>>
>>
>>
>> Exciting times ahead.  No doubt, there will be a shift in the locus and
>> players, if history repeats itself.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just my $.02 USD.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73 de WB0YLE
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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