03-07-14 11:26 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Ham Gear   
      
    RW> @MSGID: <531A51CD.280.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW>  Brer Ed Vance wrote to Brer All about Ham Gear:   
      
    EV> I haven't bought any Ham Radio gear in a long time, but I was   
    EV> wondering if Kenwood Radios were still manufactured in Japan or have   
    EV> they farmed the work out to China.   
      
    RW> Perhaps south Korea or the Philipines...Japan and China don't   
    RW> get along very well. There's a lot of radio equipment marketed   
    RW> by Chinese firms, but I don't think any of it would pass FCC   
    RW> type testing.   
      
   Thanks Brer Roy.   
   -snip-   
    RW> I have't bought any in over 10 years, but what I do have is/was   
    RW> made in Japan or the Philipines. Except for my Drake UV3s...   
      
   The gear in my shack was built in the U.S.A. or Japan.   
   Like you I haven't bought or built any Ham equipment in over 10 years.   
      
   ... Recovering Taglinestealaholic.  Please do not tempt.   
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