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Some New Prices on Radios from Amazon

Written by jape on February 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment

I periodically get emails from Amazon about updated prices and deals, sometimes close-outs or sales. This email happened to be all radios. They pull from your search history and since I often search for Baofeng radios, I suspect that most of these items are somewhat related to my searches. There are some good prices here, […] Read more »

A Word about Chinese Amateur Radios

Written by jape on October 22, 2013 · 2 Comments

I talked a little about my viewpoints on Chinese radios in my post entitled “Low Cost Ham Radio Options” back in September. I’d like to expand on that viewpoint a bit here. When I got my first ham license, the choices for which radios to purchase was much more slim than it is now. This was […] Read more »

Low cost Ham Radio Options

Written by jape on September 10, 2013 · 1 Comment

In 1994 when I first got my Ham license, most people I knew purchased an HT (handie-talkie) for their first radio due to the cost difference between HTs, mobile rigs or base stations. This was back when Radio Shack actually sold radios (don’t get me started here, I could write an entire post about this […] Read more »