[RVRC] WB0YLE on Wouxon

Sat May 22 08:59:58 EDT 2010

Hello Joe,

Actally the TYT model  UVF1 is another (?) Chinese manufacturer that KJI
and Advanced Specalties are selling. If you poke around on their website
the've got some interesting stuff, especially a model that looks just like
the Yaesu VX8. hmm.........

I actually think the WOUXON has a rather recognizable brand name at this
point and should probably contnue selling under  it. Perhaps they'll make
slight variations for MFJ or Jetstream.  

Drew - Apologies for partially hijacking this email thread - didn't intend
to do so.

73-N2DV

> [Original Message]
> From: Joe Cro N3IBX <n3ibx at verizon.net>
> To: <gar3j at earthlink.net>; E Drew Moore <drumor at optonline.net>; RVRC
<rvrc at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: <bdboy1 at bdboy1.com>
> Date: 5/21/2010 2:57:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [RVRC] WB0YLE on Wouxon
>
> 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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