[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

On 14/01/12 19:05, Clint Bradford wrote:

The day my community uses Wouxun/Puxing products for ANY facet of community service is the day I move. AFTER educating the powers-that-be of the dire consequences of using sub-par equipment to protect their constituents.

What would you rather they use? Motorola, which generally ship massively out-of-spec and therefore require calibration fresh from the factory? Even when tuned to spec, they have an output spectrum like a hedgehog...

I'd take the cheapie chinese radios any day.

You get what you pay for.

No. No, you don't. You really, really don't.