In article ps.com,
Copperplate wrote:

I just made a VERY VERY curious discovery on the URL
I posted in the original thread.

It seems that a company
in Hong Kong called Maxima Communication Ltd
is actually the OEM for several brands of Icom, AOR,
Kenwood and Alinco ham radio products !!!

#snip#

The Maxima Communications pages describe themselves as a "distributor"
for the lines you mention, and a bunch of others. I don't see any
specific information which indicates that they are actually the
manufacturer.

I grant you, it's quite possible that many of today's amateur radios
have some of their board assembly done in China, or in some cases even
the entire radio manufacture done there - this is common enough in
most fields of consumer electronics. However, I don't see reason to
believe that Maxima Communications is the factory or OEM, based on the
site whose URL you posted.

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