In article ,
John Smith I wrote:

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 ...

Well, there was the Drake R8B made in the USA. Now it is just Ten-Tec.

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Telamon
Ventura, California