[TowerTalk] AES SK

[jimlux]

On 7/7/16 1:07 PM, Lee wrote:
> I saw a very sad statement made yesterday on one of those Chinese
> vhf/uhf reflectors.  The ham was so excited as this was his first field
> Day.  (He was using a $35 Chinese vhf/uhf handi talkie!) This is what
> ham radio has become to many these days.  Anyone selling for the big
> three radio manufacturers  today needs his head examined.
>

and the fact that someone was excited about ham radio and field day is a 
*great* thing.

Bring on the Baofengs... Some will wind up in the junk drawer, but some 
others will wind up doing cool stuff with more sophisticated radios.

The big three probably do not survive on ham radio sales: land mobile, 
marine, etc. has got to be a bigger part of their business, and they're 
sold through a different channel.