Telamon wrote:
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Everyone else seemed to want $500.00


All these radios are being made and most likely designed overseas.

In the software industry, foreign engineers can be had for $10,000 USD a
year or less and they think that is a good wage in their country.
Factory workers in china consider $3.00 USD a day a good wage.

Now, when they take this cheap chit, chuck it in a plastic case and
build it in a way where it is lucky to escape its first fall on a hard
surface ... over $100.00 USD and I would tell 'em to keep it.

I don't think the youngsters know any different, they were born during
the time throw-away-junk was becoming all which is obtainable.

Now don't get me wrong, I have a nice receiver, a boat anchor from a
bygone day. The rest is just cheap plastic chit

I doubt if you can find any radio which is still manufactured in the
USA--toss the boards into cases and claim "assembled in the usa" or some
such nonsense though ...

Regards,
JS