16 Sep 33 15:19, mark lewis wrote to all:   
      
   mark lewis wrote to all:   
      
    ml> Thanks to richard webb for sending this over for posting :)   
      
    ml> A Dangerous Bargain   
      
    ml> Gary Geissler, a Colorado-based IT specialist and high-tech advisor   
    ml> to Army MARS, sends this caution about a dangerous bargain in the ham   
    ml> radio marketplace.   
      
    ml> =====   
      
    ml> The best buy these days in handheld transceivers   
      
   "best buy" is debateable...   
      
    ml>  are the ones from Hong Kong.  The HTs are being purchased by   
    ml> amateurs, public service providers, and others in government   
    ml> organizations.  Some versions have FCC and other type acceptance.   
      
   If they're made to operate in the HAM bands, they have to be FCC type   
   excepted for that. If they're not FCC type excepted, then every HAM   
   (should) know not to buy them for two way communications use.   
      
    ml> The transceivers sell for a fraction of the price of comparable units   
      
   'you get what you pay for'...   
      
      
            R\%/itt   
      
      
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