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   
      
    RW> "best buy" is debateable...   
      
   i didn't write it... the fellow mentioned above from MARS wrote it...   
      
    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.   
      
    RW> If they're made to operate in the HAM bands, they have to be FCC   
    RW> type excepted for that. If they're not FCC type excepted, then   
    RW> every HAM (should) know not to buy them for two way communications   
    RW> use.    
      
   completely beside the point, roy... the point was about the CD being infested   
   with malware...   
      
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